Vatican commission says ‘no’ to women deacons, but not definitively

The commission’s president said the issue was ultimately doctrinal rather than historical.

A Vatican commission concluded that the Catholic Church should not proceed with the ordination of women deacons, but said it could not offer a definitive judgment.

Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, the emeritus archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy. Credit: Chiesadilaquila.it Edited by Marium Alberto/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Vatican released the findings Dec. 4 of …