Women Deacons: One Year On

Over a year ago, members of a Vatican commission charged with studying the possibility of the admission of women to the diaconate submitted their report to Pope Francis. Two commission members spoke at Fordham in January 2019. But the Vatican has yet to issue a definitive response, and many are finding the question symbolic of the Catholic Church’s treatment of women overall.

Join Fordham’s Department of Theology, Orthodox Christian Studies Center, and Center on Religion and Culture for a follow-up conversation featuring papal commission member Phyllis Zagano, TMC ’69, Catholic feminist theologian Meghan J. Clark, FCRH ‘03, and theology professor and co-director of Fordham’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center, George Demacopoulos. The panel will share the latest developments in the conversations about women deacons in the Catholic Church and beyond.