"Bishop's Openness to Women Deacons Revealed in Exclusive Synod Committee"

Bishop Shane Mackinlay, a member of the committee drafting the final document for the Vatican summit on the future of the Catholic Church, has expressed openness to ordaining women as Catholic deacons. He stated that he is glad the issue is being addressed and that if the outcome is for ordination to the diaconate to be open to women, he would welcome it. The possibility of women's ordination is mentioned in the synod's working document due to the wide representation of people who brought it up during the consultative process.