AFP: No women deacons for now – Vatican commission
VATICAN CITY — A Vatican commission is yet to take a firm decision on whether women could become deacons, but the answer for now remains no, according to a document made public on Thursday.
The late pope Francis set up the commission under Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi in 2020 to look into the issue amid a fierce debate over the role of women in a Church led by men for 2,000 years.
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But one campaign group for women’s rights, the Women’s Ordination Conference, said on Thursday it was “appalled by the Vatican’s refusal to open its doors to women, even a crack.”
“Few will have the patience to excavate hope from the Vatican’s claim that there is ‘need for further study,’” it said in a statement.