A Salt + Light live stream event from Fordham University

6 pm ET / 3 pm PT on Tuesday, January 15

In August 2016, Pope Francis established the Study Commission on the Women's Diaconate to review the theology and history of the office of deacon in the Roman Catholic Church and the question of whether women might be allowed to become deacons. The commission was made up of 12 experts in patristic theology, ecclesiology, and spirituality and was led by Archbishop Luis Ladaria, SJ, who serves as the prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. At this symposium on women deacons past, present, and future, two members of the Papal Study Commission on the Diaconate of Women will speak publicly for the first time. They will be joined by an American woman religious who has done research on how women deacons would be received in U.S. parishes.

Speakers:

Commission member Phyllis Zagano, senior research associate-in-residence at Hofstra University and author of several books on women deacons Commission member Fr. Bernard Pottier, SJ, faculty member at the Institute d'Etudes Théologiques in Brussels Sr. Donna Ciangio, OP, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark, and principal and founder of Church Leadership Consultation

Moderator:

Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB, CEO of Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation

Want to know more about the panelists?

Watch WITNESS interviews with Sr. Donna Ciangio and with Phyllis Zagano.

Learn more about Phyllis Zagano's books on the subject of women deacons by watching her interview with Sebastian Gomes on Subject Matters.