Pope Francis is greeted by nuns in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican during a recent jubilee audience. Women have long sought a greater role in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope names panel to consider women as deacons
Following through on a pledge he made to a group of nuns last May, Pope Francis has established a special commission to study whether the Roman Catholic Church should take the historic step of ordaining women as deacons.
