Pope Francis said on Tuesday more study was needed on the role of women deacons ...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Pope Francis said on Tuesday more study was needed on the role of women deacons in the early Christian Church, which eventually could affect decisions on the role of women today.
Speaking to reporters on the plane returning from a trip to Bulgaria and North Macedonia, Francis was asked about the results of a commission he set up nearly three years ago on the topic. Others scholars believe women deacons in the early Church were fully ordained and on a par with the male deacons at the time.
The Church did have women deacons in the early part of its history but the pope said it still was not clear if they had been sacramentally ordained, as male deacons were.
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