Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

How the Catholic Church Sees the Ordination of an Orthodox Church Deaconess

Angelic Molen of Zimbabwe was ordained a deaconess in the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and of All Africa, a part of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

COMMENTARY: Any consideration of women in the diaconate must be grounded in a thorough understanding of the Catholic Church’s tradition and divine revelation.