A church defrocked a gay priest in the 1980s. He just got reinstated.
Harry Stock was reinstated as a priest of the Episcopal Church. Four decades ago, he was defrocked after publicly proclaiming ...
Man held over shooting of Mexican priest
Mexican police have arrested a man accused of murdering a Roman Catholic priest and human rights campaigner in the southern ...
Vatican Punts Question of Female Deacons at Major Meeting
A meeting four years in the making said the ordination of women required further study, but it called for women to have more ...
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Catholic church reform process expected to disappoint hopes of more equity for women
“I think it is very clear that ordained men get to decide when the time is right ... Deacons perform many of the same functions as priests, such as presiding over baptisms, weddings and funerals, but ...