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The Catholic Church is to look at the issue of women deacons for the second time in Pope Francis' pontificate. EPA
The Catholic Church is to look at the issue of women deacons for the second time in Pope Francis' pontificate. EPA
Pope Francis creates commission to study women deacons
Women are currently unable to become deacons, although historians say women served as deacons in the early Christian church