Distributed by: INFORMACION NEWS AGENCY (A Cuban-Colombian News Agency) Nelson Calder�n - Editor in Chief P.O. Box 4432 Clifton, NJ 07012-0996 Fax: (201) 692-1273 Off: (201) 692-1891 - Beeper: (800) 413-6449 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cuba Libre is not just a Drink... it is a cry for freedom!!!! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Las opiniones expresadas por nuestros articulistas y colaboradores reflejan la opini�n de su autor y no necesariamente los de la gerencia de INFORMACION NEWS AGENCY. ================================= INFORMACION NEWS AGENCY does not claim the exclusivity of its collaborators and authorizes the reproduction of this informative material and its publication and/or its massive distribution as long as the author and the source are recognized. INFORMACION NEWS AGENCY no reclama la exclusividad de sus colaboradores y autoriza la reproducci�n de este material informativo, y su publicaci�n y/o distribuci�n masiva siempre que se reconozca al autor y la fuente. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Sent to Informaci�n News Agency by Luis Guiterrez Rome - Women deacons not expected The prefect of one of the Roman Curia�s most important departments has said it is unlikely the Catholic Church will ordain women deacons. Although the Vatican has made no formal statement on the matter, the Colombian Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos said on 25 March that the discussion was "almost a closed chapter". Cardinal Castrillon, the prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, went on to say: "There are many other possibilities for women, they can give many other services." He was replying to questions at a Vatican press conference. Women deacons would have to be in line with tradition, and New Testament writings cited the ministry of women deacons in the early Christian community. But the word "deacon" as used there, and the description of the jobs then performed by women deacons, did not correspond to the Church�s understanding of an ordained deacon today. He said that the New Testament references to deacons were tied to the Greek word diakonia, meaning service, which was different from "the diaconate tied theologically to the Holy Spirit". The Spirit "guided the development of the Church and gave a different profile" to the diaconate - one of ordained ministry, which, he said, "is what guides the Church today". Source: The Tablet, 3 April 1999
