Permanent deacons should not preach at Mass often. Rather, they should preach at other services and serve the Church in the course of their daily witness to Christ, Bishop Alexander Sample of ...

The most consistent comment that priests and deacons hear at the church door is “Good homily, Father” or “Appreciated your homily, Deacon.” What does that mean? Bishop Ken Untener, in his book ...

Nov. 12—On a sunny Sunday afternoon Deacon Michael Puscas stood before his congregation and spoke of judgment day — he told parishioners to always be ready to meet the Lord, for they never know when ...

In the dispute between the German Synodal Way and Rome over whether laypeople can preach homilies at Holy Mass, the Germans are using the arguments of Pope Francis against him. If a layperson can head ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Richard Ling, a Catholic priest in active ministry for 35 years, doesn’t preach to the choir — he preaches to the preachers in the Denver Archdiocese. Ling ...

For our July 20-27 issue the editors of America asked three writers to assess the modern diaconate. William T. Ditewig, who for five years directed the U.S. bishops’ office on deacons, takes a look at ...

Elvis has left the building — to go to church. A New Jersey deacon who is also an Elvis Presley tribute band singer is known to get his parishioners “All Shook Up.” Anthony Liguori Jr. is lovingly ...

A deacon was in the middle of a sermon at a Pompano Beach Catholic church when deputies say he was tackled to the ground by a man who was sitting in the front pew. It happened so fast, it was like a ...

A deacon at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Onikoko, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Francis Ogunnusi, reportedly slumped and died while against the ‘get-rich-quick’ syndrome during a Sunday service.