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Jun 23, 2026
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Vatican maintains that only an ordained priest or deacon can give a sermon, not women or other laypeople
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Vatican maintains that only an ordained priest or deacon can give a sermon, not women or other laypeople
JOSHUA MCELWEE
REUTERS
PUBLISHED JUNE 23, 2026
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The vatican, which oversees worship by the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, rejected a request from German bishops to broaden the practice and allow sermons by women or other laypeople.
DUREL EPOH/REUTERS
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