✣ Pope sets up commission on deaconesses
What happened?
Pope Francis has set up a commission to study women deacons, and in particular their role in the early Church. The commission of scholars includes six men and six women, plus Archbishop Ladaria Ferrer, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, as president. The Pope has said that, although his understanding was that the women described as deacons in the New Testament were not ordained as male deacons are today, it would be “useful” to clarify the question.
