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October 18, 2015

Women’s role: how far should Church go?

With Archbishop Paul-André Durocher proposing opening up the diaconate to women, it refocused a contentious and complex issue in the Catholic Church: what is the role of women?

When Archbishop Paul-André Durocher raised the question of ordaining female deacons during the first full day of the Synod on Family, he stepped into one of the most contentious and complex struggles in the Church — full participation of women in all aspects of their faith life, their Church.

Published in Faith