VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and divest ourselves,” Pope Francis said in a message to …
Permanent Diaconate
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(OSV News) — Permanent deacons — ordained ministers, who are often married and perform essential pastoral services, are a relatively modern clerical development in the Catholic Church. It was only …
