Northern cardinals live throughout the Eastern United States and in parts of the Southwest. While only the males have bright red feathers with a black mask shape around their eyes, female cardinals ...

Cardinal Steiner emphasized that “women participate a lot” and that they are in turn “leaders of our communities.” ‘Why Not Restore the Ordained Female Diaconate?’ The Brazilian ...

A Northern Cardinal is a striking sight when you go birdwatching in North Carolina. It's the one that almost every ...

But Northern cardinals remain her favorite species, especially for their “romantic courting behavior.” “When the male is courting a female, he will gently pass a seed to her as a gift.

This meeting was called at the initiative of the cardinal in response to some members being frustrated by his absence from a meeting scheduled for last week. “I’m not known in the Church for ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he directed a synod-related study group on women’s ...

And if at some time we come to the conclusion that in the past there was a female diaconate, why not reintroduce it as the permanent diaconate was reintroduced?” the cardinal reiterated.

Cardinal Victor Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, announced that the female diaconate will be the subject of a more in-depth study under the impetus of the ...