Archbishop urges Pope Francis’s synod on the family: Consider allowing women deacons

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Women’s Ordination Worldwide, a decades-old group advocating for women to be ordained in all Catholic ministries, issued a statement Tuesday saying it applauded Durocher for “raising the suggestion to the exclusively male-voting body” and for making a connection between the status of women in the church and their safety in the world.

Women deacons would be welcome, WOW said, but only a step towards women’s full inclusion in church leadership.

“The hierarchy deprives people of the pastors God calls for them and of the leadership gifts found in women who would serve the Church; upholding this discrimination, as though it were the will of God, is simply indefensible,” WOW’s statement read.