Vatican publishes conclusions of study on women and the diaconate: here’s what it says

Dec 04, 2025 08:23

The Holy See has published the conclusions of a years-long study on the possibility of admitting women to the diaconate Photo: Guglielmo Mangiapane / REUTERS

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Pope Leo XIV appoints controversial woman as president of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters

Perrella’s appointment has not gone unnoticed by critics. Her curatorial portfolio includes exhibitions highlighting nudity, queer identity, nightlife culture, and explicit explorations of sexuality

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Valentina di Giorgio

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New study shows high risk of mental health problems for women who have abortions

The study, based on over 1.2 million pregnancy outcomes in Quebec, found that women with no prior history of mental illness were 50 percent more likely to require psychiatric hospitalization after abortion than after giving birth

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Tim Daniels

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UN Women’s Rights Czar Fights Back Against Trans-Feminist Smears

Alsalem has been ostracized by the global women’s rights establishment and is being attacked viciously by government-backed trans-friendly women’s rights organizations and their media allies. The attacks are also coming from within the UN system, including the very UN rights office that should support her mandate.

Jul 27, 2025 20:35

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Laywoman Appointed Chancellor of Mexico City Archdiocese in Historic First

Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop Primate of Mexico, announced the groundbreaking appointment after consultation with his auxiliary bishops. He described it as a meaningful step toward a more synodal and co-responsible Church that fully embraces the diverse gifts of its faithful.

Jul 06, 2025 23:42

Enrique Villegas

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8,583 Women Were Accompanied and Consoled by the Adoratrices, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and Charity

As the Sisters explain, beyond the numbers, there is a face cared for, and each process initiated with a woman is also a story of dignity, justice, and hope. All of this is carried out around their charism of Adoration and Liberation. This is the Adorers’ Social Work, together with the Foundations and Associations that are part of this great international network, has offered spaces of welcome, training, and advocacy to women in contexts of prostitution, trafficking, violence, social exclusion, gender-based violence, homelessness, or addiction.

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Confirmed: The 4th Mediterranean Meeting will take place in Barcelona with the Pope in attendance

Their meeting with the Pope, held in the Apostolic Palace, lasted about an hour and centered on preparations for the next major milestone: a gathering of Mediterranean bishops scheduled for June 9–12 in Barcelona. It will be the fourth such assembly, following earlier encounters in Bari (2020), Florence (2022) and Marseille (2023), and will revolve around a single, urgent theme—peace

For the first time, a pope (Leo XIV) will receive the U.S. Medal of Freedom: here’s what you need to know

Organizers have been explicit about this broader interpretation. For them, honoring the pope is not only about recognizing an individual, but about narrating a longer story—one that includes multiple faith traditions and acknowledges the complex path through which religious liberty became a foundational principle in the United States

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Vatican publishes conclusions of study on women and the diaconate: here’s what it says

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