RT Article
T1 What Do U.S. Catholics Think About Women Deacons?
JF Review of religious research
VO 61
IS 3
SP 273
OP 284
A1 Berrelleza, Erick
A1 Zagano, Phyllis
LA English
PB Springer
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1688141359
AB What do U.S. Catholics think about women in the renewed diaconate? The Catholic Church's recovery of the concept of "synodality" encourages an answer to the question. This article examines the possible cultural acceptance of women deacons and the consequent organizational factors and concerns surrounding its implementation. It reviews three studies: a professional study conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) of the attitudes of Catholic women in the United States (commissioned by America Media); an unscientific online poll conducted by the magazine U.S. Catholic; and a second CARA study of the attitudes of the leaders of men's and women's religious institutes and orders in the United States. The examination concludes with a discussion on the diaconal tasks women already perform in the Catholic Church and the manner in which the restoration of women to the ordained office of deacon could occur in this global institution.
K1 Catholic attitudes
K1 Diaconate
K1 Ordination
K1 women deacons
DO 10.1007/s13644-019-00373-2