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Yes, it does.
While women cannot be ordained bishop, priest, or deacon, they can serve in a number of professional ministries, called "lay ecclesial ministries" in the U.S., such as:
- Diocesan curia member, e.g.
- Chancellor
- Ecumenical Officer
- Tribunal judge
- Superintendent of Catholic Schools
- Diocesan Director of Family Life, Catholic Education, etc.
- Pastoral Life Director, Pastoral Coordinator
- Pastoral Associate
- Pastoral Assistant
- Director of Religious Education
- Youth Minister
- Prison Chaplain
- Hospital Chaplain
- etc, etc...
Additionally there are many volunteer ministries open to all people in the church, who have been fully initiated, such as altar servers, lectors, catechists, sunday school teachers, extraordinary ministers of communion, and so on...
What else can I help you with?
When did the Catholic Church start having female priests and bishops?
The Catholic Church has never had female priests nor bishops, and will never have them.
In the Roman Catholic Church have there been any ordinations of a female deacon in eastern Canada or was this the Eastern Church?
A female has never been ordained to "major orders" deacon/priest in the Roman Catholic Church, the Uniate Churches (Eastern Catholic) or Orthodox Church
What do you call the female priest or friar?
In the catholic Church there are no female priests or friars.
What is a female bishop called?
There are no female bishops in the Catholic Church so there is no term to describe them.
What is a female abbott?
An Abbott is a Catholic priest in a Catholic Church it's also a last name.
Who was the first woman priest ever?
The catholic church has never permitted Female Priests.
Who are Eastern Catholics who recognize the pope?
Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church Armenian Catholic Church Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church Chaldean Catholic Church Coptic Catholic Church Patriarchate Ethiopian Catholic Church Byzantine Church of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro Greek Byzantine Catholic Church Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church Italo-Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church Macedonian Catholic Church Maronite Catholic Church Melkite Greek-Catholic Church Romanian Greek-Catholic Church Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic Church Slovak Byzantine Catholic Church Syriac Catholic Church Patriarchate Syro-Malabar Catholic Church Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
How do you abbreviate a canonized female?
A canonized female is typically abbreviated as St. (Saint) if she has been officially recognized by the Catholic Church as a saint.
Is there a Liberal Catholic Church denomination which limits its priests and deacons to heterosexual men?
No, there are several churches that tack on the title 'Catholic' to their names but who are not in union with Rome and not true Catholic Churches. Examples: The Old Catholic Church, the American Catholic Church, the American Charismatic Catholic Church, etc. Some allow married clergy and female priests. Your question is not very clear. The Roman Catholic Church limits its clergy to men only but could not be classified as 'liberal' in the way that some of the non-Catholic 'Catholic' denominations listed above cold be.
Where is the Lutheran Catholic Church located?
There is a Lutheran Church and a Catholic Church but no Lutheran Catholic Church.
Are there any female Roman Catholic preists?
No, the Roman Catholic priesthood is reserved for men. There are some formerly Catholic women who claim to have had themselves ordained in the Catholic church, but their "ordination" is not valid or licit.
Is the Chaldean Catholic Church associated with the Roman Catholic Church?
There is no "Roman" Catholic Church: Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is rarely used by the Catholic Church. The Chaldean Catholic Church is part of the Catholic Church.
