Women deacons not on agenda for Synod talks

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 11, 2024 12:06 am

VATICAN CITY — Women must take a greater role in the Catholic Church, but any reform allowing them to be deacons will not occur in the short term, according to a new Vatican document.

The issue will not feature on the agenda of a second session of Pope Francis' Synod of Bishops in October, in which bishops, clergy and laypeople gather to collaborate on ideas and solutions to some of the most contentious issues affecting the 21st-century Church.

AT THE MARGINS A woman takes a picture of her companion beside a barrier at Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican on March 10, 2020, after the Italian government ordered the country to be put under lockdown due to the coronavirus. EPA FILE PHOTO

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