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May 12, 2016

Pope to set up commission to study women deacons

Women look at a new monthly women's insert called "Women-Church-World" in the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano newspaper this May 30, 2012, file photo. Pope Francis said he would look into New Testament deaconesses.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis told the heads of women's religious orders from around the world that he would set up a commission to study the New Testament deaconesses and he also insisted more can and should be done to involve lay and consecrated women in church decision-making at every level.

Published in International