On the first day of the final session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality, a study group responsible for evaluating the female diaconate has said that, while still exploring other forms of women's involvement in the Church, they will not become deacons, the Crux website reports today (Oct. 3, 2024).
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, made the announcement during the synod's afternoon session Oct. 2, the first official working day of the Oct. 2--27 synod.
On the women's diaconate, he said, "We would like to share from the outset that, based on the analysis conducted so far -- which also takes into account the work done by the two Commissions established by Pope Francis on the female diaconate -- the dicastory judges that there is no room for a positive decision by the Magisterium regarding the access of women to the diaconate, understood as a degree of the Sacrament of Holy Orders."
"The Holy Father himself recently confirmed this consideration publicly. In any event, the Dicastery judges that the opportunity to continue the work of in--depth study remains open," he said.
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