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

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

Luke Coppen
Dec 04, 2025
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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 …

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