(RNS) — Winston Churchill famously said, “Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” If the Catholic Church forgets ...

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has removed a recently ordained deacon from ministry at a Metairie church after receiving an allegation that he abused a child 20 years ago, church officials announced ...

Permanent deacons are called to serve Jesus and His Church by offering hope to the poor, the lonely, the widowed, the ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) -The Archdiocese of New Orleans announced Monday the removal of a Metairie deacon from ministry. The removal of Deacon V.M. Wheeler comes after allegations of abuse two decades ...

A church leader who is one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing a Tennessee sheriff of trying to force his congregation to ...

WILKES-BARRE — Taking her turn at a podium on Sunday afternoon, Annie Papciak, of Mountain Top, reminisced about the Holy Thursday Masses when Deacon Francis J. Bradigan washed people’s feet. “I was ...

VANCOUVER, Wash.—Deacon Carl Anderson, whose bearded and patriarchal face adorns the Archdiocese of Seattle's new diaconate handbook, is the epitome of a permanent deacon. The 74-year-old retired ...

Months after Joseph Hickman was found brutally killed inside of his Hampton home, police have named his daughter, Domonique ...

Three female deacons in the United Methodist Church in Colo­rado recently found themselves without any paid position in a congregation. Two of them had been laid off by their congregations for ...

Daniel Pate, a deacon at Old Horseshoe Freewill Baptist Church in Carter County, who, along with the church’s pastor, filed a federal lawsuit against the Carter County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested ...