Phyllis Zagano

Long Island

Award-winning author and scholar specializing in Catholic women's ministry past and present, especially the ancient tradition of women deacons.

Articles

Gestión en lugar de ministerio: ¿es este el futuro de las mujeres en la Iglesia católica?

2 weeks ago | dialnet.unirioja.es | Phyllis Zagano

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Will Pope Leo XIV make the call on women deacons?

3 weeks ago | ncronline.org | John Grosso |Phyllis Zagano

Then-Cardinal Robert Prevost replies to a question from a journalist during a briefing about the assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican Oct. 25, 2023. (CNS/Lola Gomez) Yes, our new pope said something about women deacons. He said it is under study.
Will Pope Leo XIV be the one who makes the call on women deacons?

4 weeks ago | religionnews.com | Paul O'Donnell |Phyllis Zagano

(RNS) — Yes, our new pope said something about women deacons. He said it is under study. Anyone looking for a quick answer from Pope Leo XIV, a canon lawyer, former diocesan bishop in Peru, former head of the Vatican department responsible for choosing bishops and member of seven other Vatican dicasteries, a mathematics major at Villanova University and Chicago White Sox fan, will have to wait. He is very much a synodal man. On Oct.
'Floored, stunned and full of hope': Reactions to election of Pope Leo XIV

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Barbara Reid |Phyllis Zagano |Thomas Reese |Dan Misleh

Surprise, hope, excitement and pride were reflected in many of the initial reactions to Cardinal Robert Prevost on May 8 emerging on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago-born Augustinian friar who has spent much of his ecclesial career abroad, is the first pope born in the United States, a development once thought to be near impossible among Vatican experts.
Will a new pope make any difference for women?

1 month ago | religionnews.com | Paul O'Donnell |Phyllis Zagano

(RNS) — Pope Francis is dead. Will a new pope make any difference for women? Of course, we do not know who the new pope will be, but he will most certainly be chosen from the cardinals set to gather in Rome to elect the next successor to St. Peter.
Tone-deaf Holy Week cartoon shows The New Yorker's disdain for religion

1 month ago | ncronline.org | Dan Stockman |Phyllis Zagano

The cartoon in question boggles the mind and disappoints any thinking person. Its apparent disdain for religion also comes on the heels of the magazine's awkward errors in usage in an article about Catholic sisters in Texas visiting female death row inmates in its Feb. 17-24, 2025, issue. Perhaps the most respected literary journal published in the United States, The New Yorker was once a paragon of precision; its fact-checking was legendary.
The New Yorker's tone-deaf Holy Week cartoon

1 month ago | religionnews.com | Paul O'Donnell |Phyllis Zagano

(RNS) — The New Yorker magazine has just managed to insult Christians and Jews alike with a cartoon depicting the Last Supper. In the drawing, by Adam Sacks, Jesus, sitting at what we take to be the Last Supper, says to the apostles, “So this is my body, the wine is my blood, and the chocolate bunny is a fun springtime treat.” A loaf of bread, a chalice and a large chocolate bunny are in the middle of the table. It’s tone-deaf. It’s outrageous. It probably earned Sacks a pretty penny. It’s not funny.
Essay: Pope Francis' plans to reform the church are alive and well

2 months ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Phyllis Zagano |David Adams

PHYLLIS ZAGANO, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says it was a close call, but Francis’ emergence from Gemelli Hospital ensures that implementation of the Synod on Synodality’s goals will outlast him…United StatesVia RNSJust when it looked like the anti-Francis forces would have their chance to “fix” the Catholic Church, Pope Francis left Gemelli Hospital. It was a close call, but Francis’ reforms will outlast him.
Pope Francis' plans to reform the church are alive and well

2 months ago | ncronline.org | Phyllis Zagano

Just when it looked like the anti-Francis forces would have their chance to "fix" the Catholic Church, Pope Francis left Gemelli Hospital. It was a close call, but Francis' reforms will outlast him. That includes his major reform, the synod on synodality, the worldwide program of prayer and conversation about how the church can live its mission going forward.
Pope Francis' plans to reform the church are alive and well

2 months ago | religionnews.com | Paul O'Donnell |Phyllis Zagano

(RNS) — Just when it looked like the anti-Francis forces would have their chance to “fix” the Catholic Church, Pope Francis left Gemelli Hospital. It was a close call, but Francis’ reforms will outlast him. That includes his major reform, the Synod on Synodality, the worldwide program of prayer and conversation about how the church can live its mission going forward.