Vatican Rejects Proposal to Allow Women to Deliver Sermons

Vatican rejects proposal to allow sermons by Catholic women

The Vatican on Tuesday reaffirmed a long-standing rule that only an ordained priest or deacon can give a sermon at a Catholic mass, rejecting a request from German bishops to broaden the practice and allow sermons by women or other laypeople. “The current discipline cannot be dispensed from,” said a release from the Vatican’s Dicastery […]