The final session of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality has opened with a “No” regarding the possibility of women deacons presently, though it appeared to suggest that the issue may still be looked into in the longer term, while also emphasising that women do indeed have an important role to play in the Church.
The 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.
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, made the announcement during the synod’s afternoon session on 2 October, the first official working day of the synod running 2-27 October.
“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 dicastery judges that there is still 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,” Cardinal Fernández said.
“The Holy Father himself recently confirmed this consideration publicly,” he said, while adding that the Dicastery “judges that the opportunity to continue the work of in-depth study remains open”.
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