On July 12, friends, family and the Emmaus Baptist Church congregation honored Deacon Robert Junious Owens Sr. for his 30 years of service as a deacon. He joined Emmaus at the age of 15 and over the ...

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – A man was arrested after he attacked a Pompano Beach deacon who was in the middle of a service. It happened last Saturday at St. Coleman Catholic Church. Video from inside ...

ALLENTOWN – Three Schuylkill County men were among 15 deacons ordained on Sept. 14 at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, the Allentown Catholic Diocese announced. Bishop Alfred Schlert ...

Six men from the Archdiocese of Atlanta were ordained to the permanent diaconate Feb. 7 at Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church. The newly ordained will serve in ...

"Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and divest ourselves," Pope Francis said in a message to 23 men from eight countries, including three ...

(RNS) — Pope Francis has made perfectly clear that he is opposed to ordaining women as deacons. Although I disagree with him, I accept that we are not going to see women deacons during his pontificate ...