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| New Phyllis Zagano book argues women deacons debate is not settled | ||
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| Phyllis Zagano, in her new book, The Vatican and Women Deacons,traces a debate she says has never been magisterially settled — despite decades of policy statements on the priesthood. As far back as 1960, Cardinal Jean Daniélou concluded there are "three possible ways of ordering the ministry of women: lay, clerical, religious. It can be said that all three are equally traditional." Zagano was among the twelve appointed to Pope Francis's 2016 commission on women deacons — and at its final luncheon in 2018, when the Pope asked who the first deaconess would be, the commissioners pointed to her. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis have all restated that women cannot be ordained priests — but, as Zagano notes, "none has presented any doctrine that eliminates the restoration of women to the ordained diaconate." The book's core conviction: the question of women's access to diaconal ministry remains open, and what comes from the Holy Spirit "cannot be stopped." In this detailed review, William C. Graham delves deep into the book, its theme, and its relevance in today's Church. | ||
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