Flashback: CNS reports on permanent diaconate discussions at Vatican II

From a report on their website, looking at what was happening 50 years ago at the council comes this nugget from October 29, 1963: Peru’s Cardinal declared that a permanent diaconate would answer a “general need” in the Church today, a need especially urgent in Latin America. Juan Cardinal Landazuri Ricketts, OFM, of Lima said [Read More...]