Announced today -- report by Vatican News (followed by our translation of the full text of letter and report submitted to Pope Leo XIV):
Petrocchi Commission says no to female diaconate, though judgment not definitive
A report presenting the results of the Commission’s work has been released. It rules out admitting women to the diaconate understood as a degree of the sacrament of Holy Orders, but says that it is not currently possible “to formulate a definitive judgment, as in the case of priestly ordination.” [Vatican News]
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Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate, December 4, 2025
To His Holiness
Leo XIV
Dear Holy Father,
