It also must be recognized that there are three degrees of the sacrament of holy orders: the episcopacy, the presbyterate and the diaconate. In other words: bishop, priest and deacon. What has ...

Bishop Dennis Sullivan poses for a photo with the men called to holy orders for the permanent diaconate. From left, ...

Detroit — Archbishop Allen Vigneron celebrated his final Mass on Sunday after 16 years of leading the Detroit Archdiocese. Vigneron, 75, told the media before the service at the Cathedral of the Most ...

The diaconate is the first degree of the sacrament of holy orders, followed by the presbyterate (priests) and episcopate (bishops). All deacons, priests and bishops are first called to the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...