The Indonesian Church celebrated the ordinations of new new priests and deacons in the Diocese of Timika, Papua province. The ceremonies took place last week, on 12 and 14 October led by Bishop ...

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This year 34 men began training. In 2005, 57 ordinations are expected. Next year around 59 are being ordained. The first ordination in Scotland took place in 1986. There are now 30 Scottish deacons in ...

RECOLLECTIONS of the impact made by women ministers during the years when their presence was rarer than it is now are among the responses to Project Violet, an initiative that has now secured ...

Mary, teacher of charity, who by your total openness to God's call has cooperated in bringing to birth all the church's faithful, make the ministry and the life of deacons fruitful by teaching them to ...

Card Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo ... Established by Pope Francis at the end of the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, the day, according to the cardinal, must be observed with "a special ...