Novena News: On new deacons commission, Catholic women warn Pope against cementing their “second-class status” in Church
By Mada Jurado
On the subject of his new commission to study the possible ordination of female deacons, Catholic women have warned Pope Francis against cementing their “second-class status” in the Church.
In a press release April 8, the same day the Vatican announced the formation of the new commission, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) cautioned the pontiff that it supported a commission on women deacons that was “open to the movement of the Spirit and the reality of the historical record, not one that seeks to justify a foreordained conclusion”.