In his resignation letter, Smith wrote ... he survived a no confidence vote by the church’s deacons. The vote reportedly was 26-18. In a time when critical voices are increasingly silenced ...

NEW ORLEANS — Archbishop Gregory Aymond is submitting his resignation ... In a letter issued Friday to priests and deacons under his command, Aymond cited canon – or church – law that ...

A Louisiana deacon says he has been excommunicated ... unable to reconcile my commitment to the Church with my conscience,' Peyton wrote. His resignation was designed to send a message that ...

In a resignation letter he sent on 4 December, the former Church letter said he had been ... in active ministry since 1962 when I was made Deacon and then Priested in 1963. It has been an honour ...

Springfield Bishop Thomas John Paprocki, in a letter to parishioners of ... sexual misconduct committed by priests, deacons, or lay employees of the church to call the diocese's hotline number ...

Pope Francis recently issued a letter "On the Renewal of the Study of the History of the Church." No matter: Francis himself seems to have forgotten the history of women ordained as deacons.

he told a church deacon to destroy it. The deacon told police he used a blow torch to burn the hard drive. In his July 12 letter apologizing to St. Susanna parishioners, Stechschulte wrote that he ...