Pope Francis: Let's Consider the Idea of Women as Deacons

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In an opening with historic import, Pope Francis has said he wants to study the possibility of ordaining women as deacons, a step that could for the first time open the ranks of the Catholic Church’s all-male clergy to women.

 

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