Vatican City Pope Francis has announced he will create a commission to study
the possibility of allowing women to serve as deacons in the Catholic
church, signaling an historic openness to the possibility of ending the
global institution's practice of an all-male clergy.
The pontiff indicated he would create such a commission during a meeting at the Vatican Thursday with some 900 leaders of the world’s congregations of Catholic women religious, who asked him during a question-and-answer session why the church excludes women from serving as deacons.
http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-create-commission-study-female-deacons-catholic-church
The pontiff indicated he would create such a commission during a meeting at the Vatican Thursday with some 900 leaders of the world’s congregations of Catholic women religious, who asked him during a question-and-answer session why the church excludes women from serving as deacons.
http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-create-commission-study-female-deacons-catholic-church
