The Tablet: Pope to Reconsider Question of Women Deacons
By Ruth Gledhill
Pope Francis has set up a new commission study the question of women deacons.
It is the second study commission on the subject. The first one was set up in August 2016 to look the role of women in the early church.
It produced a report last January and in May, Pope Francis said its members had been unable to reach a definitive consensus on the historical role of women.
None of the members of the first study commission have been appointed to the new one.
…WOC said today that the “theological, historical foundation” exists in abundance, thanks to the work of scholars like Dr. Phyllis Zagano, Dr Gary Macy, Dr Dorothy Irvin, Dr Hans Wijngaards, Sr Christine Schenk and others.