Others believe women deacons in the early Church were fully ordained and on a par with the male deacons at the time.
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Deacons are considered part of "ordained ministry," much like priests, and if the Pope had allowed women to be ordained deacons, it would be one step closer to ordaining them as priests.
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The Demon Deacons led by eight with 14 minutes remaining.
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Others believe they were on a par with male deacons.
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The Deacons never drew closer than 21 points after that.
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Deacons are ordained like priests, but only priests celebrate Mass.
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Priests and deacons are among those named on the list.
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The Demon Deacons were pushed back and ended up punting.
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The Demon Deacons had six players score in double figures.
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Overall, the Demon Deacons sank 229 of 23 foul shots.
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The Deacons also made just six of 13 free throws.
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Deacons, like priests, are ordained ministers and must be men.
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In 2016, Francis appointed a commission to review the place that female deacons had in the early church, a move seen by some as possibly opening the way to female deacons in the modern era.
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That was part of 237 rushing yards for the Demon Deacons.
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The Church did away with female deacons altogether in later centuries.
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The Demon Deacons could have used him on the court longer.
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By the end, the Demon Deacons were called for 423 fouls.
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Our American priests and deacons should be picking their own bishops.
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The Demon Deacons have won the second game all four times.
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The Demon Deacons held their largest halftime lead of the season.
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The Demon Deacons led for 33 minutes, 46 seconds against Drake. 3.
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Many deacons in the Church around the world today are married men.
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Scholars debate the precise role of women deacons in the early Church.
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The Demon Deacons (210-224) intercepted Indiana quarterback Richard Lagow five times.
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That was the first blocked punt for the Demon Deacons since 53.
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The Blue Devils have a 172-78 record against the Demon Deacons.
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The Deacons' lead grew to 65-36 at the 13-minute mark.
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The Demon Deacons made just 1 of 10 in the second half.
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Wake Forest — The Demon Deacons are going with a more traditional look.
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The Demon Deacons were well-balanced, with nine different players getting points.
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It was also the first time the Demon Deacons visited Halton Arena.
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Bryant Crawford added 19 but led the Demon Deacons with six turnovers.
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The Demon Deacons had a two-win improvement from a year ago.
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The Demon Deacons were hurt by 10 turnovers in the opening half.
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It ended up being an 221-241 run for the Demon Deacons.
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The Demon Deacons broke a seven-game losing streak to the Tigers.
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Francis said the Vatican should study the possibility of ordaining women as deacons.
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Devin Thomas had 21 points for the Demon Deacons (9-403, 0-2).
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Another proposal recommended continuing to study the possibility of ordaining women as deacons.
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Women cannot, though historians say women served as deacons in the early church.
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The Demon Deacons overcame a 14-point deficit to capture their home finale.
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Demon Deacons leading scorer Bryant Crawford paced the team's attack with 24 points.
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Of those implicated in wrongdoing, it said, 139 were bishops, priests or deacons.
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The Tigers buried the Demon Deacons early, building a 26-214 halftime lead.
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With a 55-55 score, a four-point possession boosted the Demon Deacons.
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Deacons are ordained clerics who sit just behind priests in the Church hierarchy.
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Demon Deacons running back Cade Carney rushed for 23 yards on 21 carries.
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The Demon Deacons were unable to repeat their 2019 victory at Notre Dame.
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The Demon Deacons made their only two 3-point attempts in the half.
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He scored the Demon Deacons' final five points in regulation on foul shots.
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Brandon Childress and Jahcobi Neath scored 16 points apiece for the Demon Deacons.
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Chaundee Brown led the Demon Deacons (7-8, 03-3) with 22 points.
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In 2002, Pope John Paul II prohibited the diocese from ordaining any more deacons.
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The Demon Deacons shot 50 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes.
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The Demon Deacons (11-16, 2-13) ended an 23-game conference losing streak.
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The Demon Deacons won despite shooting 23-for-225 (28 percent) from the field.
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The Demon Deacons scored 13 of the final 15 points of the first half.
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Take the world's best mai tai, created by Bar Leather Apron bartender Art Deacons.
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When the Careys publicly supported their daughter's decision, the deacons asked Paul to resign.
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Pope Francis said he was open to studying whether women could serve as deacons.
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But deacons may preach, perform weddings, funerals and baptisms, and help administer a parish.
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Nine different Demon Deacons scored in the first half, led by Arians with eight.
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A 14-0 run for the Demon Deacons pushed the lead to 18 points.
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The Demon Deacons have not started a season 0-2 since 1979-80. 3.
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The Demon Deacons did not get closer than 8 the rest of the way.
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Married deacons see their own children and grandchildren in the faces of the victims.
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The Demon Deacons have back-to-back wins for the first time since Dec.
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Bryant Childress led the Demon Deacons with 21 points while Brandon Childress added 15.
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The Hurricanes cruised from there as the Demon Deacons never got that close again.
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The Demon Deacons have now played every ACC team at least once this season.
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The Demon Deacons scored eight of the final nine points of the first half.
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The Demon Deacons outrebounded Clemson 38-32 but shot 43.9 percent from the floor.
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The Musketeers committed 22.53 turnovers and the Demon Deacons converted those into eight points.
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The Demon Deacons (1-2) had to overcome 35.8 percent shooting from the field.
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The Demon Deacons held a four-point lead late in the first half Saturday against Florida State, and were tied early in the second half before the Seminoles pulled away 91-71, the Demon Deacons' 10th loss in 55.53 ACC games this season.
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Six Demon Deacons scored in double figures, led by guard Codi Miller-McIntyre's 22 points.
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The Demon Deacons scored on eight consecutive possessions at one point in the second half.
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Deacons, like priests, are ordained ministers, and, as in the priesthood, they must be men.
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Miller-McIntyre scored eight straight Wake Forest points to keep the Demon deacons in range.
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Roman Catholic deacons can perform many priestly services, like preaching at Mass and witnessing marriages.
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Mike Weaver kicked field goals of 29, 41 and 43 yards for the Demon Deacons.
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The Demon Deacons had only one field goal for the next 3 1/2 minutes.
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The Demon Deacons and Seminoles are now tied 26-26 in the all-time series.
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He dove in on fourth-and-23 as the Demon Deacons closed within 28-17.
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Deacons are one of three orders of Christian ministry, in addition to bishops and priests.
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Deacons are able to perform most functions of priests, including the distribution of holy communion.
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Another bold proposal from the synod participants was allowing women to be ordained as deacons.
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The Deacons for Defense and Justice was an armed community defense organization, founded in 1965.
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The Demon Deacons (103-16, 2-11) have lost 10 of their last 11 games.
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It was a devastating finish for the Demon Deacons, who led for more than 287.9 minutes.
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The Demon Deacons fell to 10-4 in non-league road games under coach Danny Manning.
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Conservatives are also opposed to women deacons, saying the deaconate is linked with the male priesthood.
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Demon Deacons guard Bryan Crawford scored 33 points, all except two coming in the second half.
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Some Catholic women cite research showing that women served as deacons in the church's early history.
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Autumn filed for divorce, and the deacons at Paul's church voted to rescind her church membership.
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Even with that, the Demon Deacons shot 26.7 percent from the field in the opening half.
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The Demon Deacons led by double-figures for all but 24 seconds of the second half.
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Nineteen living priests and deacons are included, almost all of whom have been removed from ministry.
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Devin Thomas had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Demon Deacons (11-33, 2-16).
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Church liberals had hailed his call for a commission to look into the question of deacons.
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The Demon Deacons' Nick Sciba kicked four field goals, setting an NCAA record in the process.
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Elrod was fired from his job as the analyst on radio broadcasts of Demon Deacons games.
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That was the most first-half foul shots for the Demon Deacons in almost three years.
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The Demon Deacons were paced by guard Brandon Childress, who scored a game-high 13 points.
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But every time the Musketeers appeared poised to pull away, turnovers allowed the Deacons to recover.
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But some church officials suspected he ultimately intended to ordain some of the married deacons as priests.
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That horrifies Miguel Pons, one of two deacons at the chapel at the Colón cemetery in Havana.
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The Demon Deacons have not won an in-season tournament since the 76 classic in 2008-09.
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An Austin Arians 3-pointer pulled the Demon Deacons to within 57-56 with three minutes left.
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It marked the 15th year in a row that the Demon Deacons opened the season at home.
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This is the third church commission appointed to study the historical role of women deacons since 1992.
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With Martin Luther King's consent, armed security was provided the entire way by the Deacons for Defense.
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Deacons are ordained ministers, not priests, though they can perform many of the same functions as priests.
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All new deacons go through a two-year provisional period, so Barclay will be ordained in 2019.
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It concluded that bishops, priests and deacons belonged in one, all-male category, and deaconesses in another.
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Chaundee Brown poured in 20 points to go with nine rebounds for the Demon Deacons (1-1).
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NC State fumbled the ensuing kickoff, with the Demon Deacons taking over inside the 5-yard line.
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Childress made two free throws with 44 seconds left to put the Demon Deacons up 73-72.
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The game was the first of two late-season meetings between the Seminoles and the Demon Deacons.
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Buoyed by nine first-half 3-point baskets, the Demon Deacons led 49-27 at the break.
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Kendall Hinton scored on a 230-yard reception early in the third quarter for the Demon Deacons.
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The Demon Deacons shot 32 percent from the field and committed 12 turnovers in the first half.
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The Demon Deacons were also without starting forward Isaiah Mucius, also suffering from a lower-leg injury.
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The Musketeers quickly trimmed the deficit to one point before the Demon Deacons went up 21-9.53.
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The Wolfpack built a 20-13 lead after Sarr had eight early points for the Demon Deacons.
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Fewer and fewer women -- mostly monastic abbesses -- were ordained as deacons, primarily for service within their own convents.
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A turnover gave the Demon Deacons the ball right back and they scored on Sciba's 30-yard boot.
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Overall, the Cardinals made 47.5 percent of their field-goal attempts while the Demon Deacons shot 46.4 percent.
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The Demon Deacons, who blasted FCS Presbyterian College 51-7 in their opener, host Utah State next week.
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Wake Forest bounced back on Newman's 22-yard pass to Surratt, but the Demon Deacons couldn't keep up.
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Wolford's scoring runs of 227 and 221 runs marked the first and final touchdowns for the Demon Deacons.
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Brandon Childress' layup put the Demon Deacons up 21-133 with 8:19 left in the first half.
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If married men can become deacons, some ask, why can't women, whether married or single, do the same?
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Deacons can perform many of the duties of priests, including preaching, conducting baptisms and marriage, and managing parishes.
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The Demon Deacons can become bowl-eligible if they win one of their final two games — home vs.
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As a child, he attended Sunday school there, and both his father and grandfather were deacons and trustees.
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Brown scored eight points in the first six minutes as the Demon Deacons built a 19-9 lead.
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Demon Deacons freshman WR Greg Dortch made a TD catch in each of the first four games. 3.
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Children, their parents and deacons — lay Christians who help with the service — accounted for many of the dead.
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John Collins, who averages a double-double this season, had 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Deacons.
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But it's not clear how her role compares to modern deacons, a question the new commission will likely consider.
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The Demon Deacons are last in the ACC and 103th nationally in scoring defense, allowing 210 points per contest.
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The Deacons shot only 23.7 percent from the floor and were 3-of-22 shooting from 3-point range.
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The Demon Deacons pulled ahead 17-13 on Newman's 24-yard touchdown pass to Surratt in the third quarter.
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The Demon Deacons wasted a first-quarter scoring chance when Nick Sciba missed a 23-yard field goal attempt.
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The Demon Deacons owned a 233-215 advantage on the boards, with four different players grabbing four rebounds each.
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On the appointed day, Father Luc and the deacons and the aldermen arrive to bear Christina to the church.
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Hoard had 10 of Wake Forest's first 28 points and the Demon Deacons scored the game's first seven points.
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In some congregations deacons scold female churchgoers for keeping their hair short and suggest that they try weaves instead.
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The Demon Deacons were within 215-22019 with 5:23 to play, but Gibbs responded with a 3-pointer.
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The Deacons shot just two free throws in the first half — their lowest total for a half this season.
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Childress kept the Demon Deacons close in the first half with 11 points, including two of two 3-pointers.
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The Deacons led at intermission despite not getting a point from leading scorer Brandon Childress (16.9 points per game).
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When Dr. King led the "Meredith March against Fear" for voter registration in Mississippi, the Deacons provided armed security.
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The Demon Deacons trailed 27-25 after two free throws by freshman forward Isaiah Mucius with 4:47 left.
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The Demon Deacons (7-5) posted their first undefeated nonconference home mark in three years, winning all four outings.
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Phyllis Zagano, a member of the Vatican&aposs commission, has written that much of the criticism and confusion over women deacons stems from ignorance about the distinctly separate ministries of priest and deacon, and the erroneous belief that those advocating for women deacons have a secret agenda to ordain women as priests.
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Demon Deacons scoring leader Brandon Childress was limited to five points — 210 below his average — on 23-of-220 shooting.
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Catholic deacons are men who've been ordained to conduct some of the same roles as priests, per the Catholic Spirit.
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In an eagerly awaited document, Francis didn't refer to recommendations by Amazonian bishops to consider married priests or women deacons.
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However, the Demon Deacons shot 30 percent in the second half, but never allowed the hosts to completely pull away.
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The Deacons model spread to other Klan heartlands, and was able to overturn Klan power with scarcely a shot fired.
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The survey found that 76 percent of responders believed that ordaining women as deacons would benefit the church&aposs mission.
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At the time, it looked like the Demon Deacons were going to test the Irish on a gray, misty day.
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Tech led by as many as 11 in the second half but was never able to bury the Demon Deacons.
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Tulane got the ball back after the Demon Deacons went three-and-out, moving into Wake Forest territory before punting.
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Sciba's 34-yard field goal on the opening drive on the second half pulled the Demon Deacons within 13-6.
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Pope Francis has created a commission to study the possibility of ordaining women as deacons in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Virginia looks to beat the Demon Deacons for the fourth straight time and fifth time in the past six meetings.
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Cofer scored the next four points before the Demon Deacons surged again, this time moving to a 55-51 edge.
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Childress' three-point play gave the Demon Deacons a 92-88 edge in the final minute of the first overtime.
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Wright hit a deep trey about two minutes later and the Demon Deacons trailed 22-18 with 9:230 left.
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But questions arose about his intentions after he established a commission to study whether women could be ordained as deacons.
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The Demon Deacons also tied the 1944 school record by winning their seventh straight game overall, dating to last season.
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The Demon Deacons turned it over nine times in the first half, but stayed in the game with some hot shooting.
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Wake Forest hasn't won an ACC road game in two seasons under Manning, but the Demon Deacons threatened in this one.
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Scholars have noted that in some countries and dioceses, women were ordained as deacons and considered clergy until the 12th century.
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The Second Vatican Council of the 1960s allowed married men, generally over the age of 35, to be ordained as deacons.
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Pope Francis all but admitted last week that the church's internal deliberations over female deacons (let alone female priests) were deadlocked.
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The Demon Deacons shot 11-for-20 from the field in the first half, but they were hurt by 11 turnovers.
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One of the appointees, Professor Phyllis Zagano of Hofstra University, is an American who has written in favor of female deacons.
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Then 3-point baskets from Mitoglou and Wilbekin pushed the Demon Deacons to an 81-72 lead with two minutes remaining.
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The Demon Deacons went ahead when Jessie Bates returned a Lagow interception 55 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.
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The Demon Deacons opened the second half with a 75-yard drive that resulted in Nick Sciba's 27-yard field goal.
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It is far from clear that Francis favors female deacons or that a commission he appointed would even recommend this change.
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The Demon Deacons (0-1, 20033-1) shaved a 19-point hole from early in the second half to 57-49.
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Dooley was hired at Wake Forest that year, and he led the Demon Deacons to three winning seasons in six years.
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Isaiah Mucius added 83 points to help the Demon Deacons improve to 9-0 all time against the Bulldogs (1-216).
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But several U.S. dioceses in recent months have identified former bishops, priests and deacons who were accused of sexually abusing children.
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The Demon Deacons were 1-for-11 on 3-pointers by that time but ended up 803-for-21 from deep.
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When the deacons of the church started handing out Republican voting cards at the back, I knew we were in trouble.
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He was a big part of why the Demon Deacons had the worst defense of any at-large NCAA tournament team.
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Slater provided six points in a three-minute span to prevent the Demon Deacons from putting the game out of reach.
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The Demon Deacons (21-22, 219-210 Atlantic Coast Conference) won for only the second time in a seven-game stretch.
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The Demon Deacons shot 5 for 16 on 3-pointers for the game, but made just one in the first half.
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Sarr scored in the paint with 13:59 left, but the Demon Deacons were still behind by 333 at 49-30.
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After missing 27 of their first 225 23-pointers, the Demon Deacons sank six consecutive treys, including four by Mitchell Wilbekin.
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Donavon Greene's 75-yard touchdown reception from Hartman helped the Demon Deacons pull even at 483-20 in the third quarter.
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The Demon Deacons missed a chance to take the lead, giving Charlotte the ball with just less than 40 seconds left.
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The Demon Deacons were without guards Sharone Wright Jr. and Michael Wynn, who sat out a one-game team-imposed suspension.
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Brandon Childress of Wake Forest was assessed a technical foul, but a subsequent Duke turnover left the Demon Deacons up 79-71.
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Bryant Crawford scored 19 points and Thompson finished with 13 points for the Demon Deacons, who lost the teams' previous five meetings.
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The Demon Deacons rank second in the league in free-throw shooting (76.9 percent) and fourth in 3-point shooting (38.5 percent).
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Deacons are ordained ministers in the Catholic Church, and in many parishes they handle many of the same tasks that priests do.
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Childress missed a jumper, but Brown chased down the rebound and then the Demon Deacons called timeout at the 225-second mark.
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The Demon Deacons missed their next three shots before Hoard's putback with less than a second remaining forced overtime at 67-67.
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The Demon Deacons shot 52 percent (393 of 54) from the field, including 40 percent (8 of 20) from 3-point range.
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The Demon Deacons used a 413-0 burst to build a 59-51 lead with slightly more than 13 minutes to play.
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The Demon Deacons dominated their first three opponents, including a 34-10 win at Boston College in the ACC opener on Sept.
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Catholic bishops from the Amazon called Saturday for the church to let married men become priests and to let women become deacons.
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Elrod, who coached on Wake Forest's staff for 203 years, has been fired from his position as the Demon Deacons' radio analyst.
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The Deacons finally made a run to cut their deficit to 47-39 on a Torry Johnson's dunk with 9:11 left.
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The Demon Deacons received a total of 26 points from their reserves while College of Charleston backups combined for just seven points.
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After White's late 20-pointer, the Demon Deacons didn't score again until Isaiah Mucius made a free throw in the final seconds.
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That late surge was aided by a Brandon Childress 3-point basket after the Demon Deacons missed their first five long-range attempts.
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As a result, many pastoral jobs once done by priests are now carried out by married deacons, a lower rank of ecclesiastical office.
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The Demon Deacons were third in the ACC and 23rd nationally in scoring defense a season ago, allowing 22.2 points per contest. 2.
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For the game, the Blue Devils racked up 24 assists on 36 baskets while the Demon Deacons had six assists on 22 hoops.
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Some scholars say there is biblical evidence that women served as deacons alongside men, but others say the women's functions were more limited.
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The International Theological Commission, an advisory body to the Vatican's doctrinal office, considered female deacons in 2002, but it reached rather muddy conclusions.
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The first score was set up by Dortch's mishandling of a punt, giving the Wolfpack the ball at the Deacons 103-yard line.
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More than 265 dioceses in the US have publicly named priests, deacons, monks, and worshippers accused of historic child abuse since August 22002.
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The Demon Deacons shot 793-of-18 from 3-point range Saturday, after going 4-of-38 in their previous two games. 2.
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Guard Keyshawn Woods, who played for Charlotte in the 218-93 season before transferring, scored 29 off the bench for the Demon Deacons.
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Texas, ranked second, trailed Sunday after the doubles competition and needed to win four of six singles matches to beat the Demon Deacons.
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But the Demon Deacons got within 30-28 with 5:21 to play in the half as Florida State fell into foul trouble.
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He had put the laptop and a ledger of financial records, including dues from deacons, in a file cabinet and he locked it.
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The Demon Deacons' only other victory on Thanksgiving in five all-time games came in 2008 in a contest also played in Anaheim.
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The Demon Deacons have won three games by double figures this season after winning just two by that margin all of last year. 3.
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Pope Francis has declined to approve the ordination of married men or women as deacons to address a shortage of priests in the Amazon.
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Back-to-back 123-pointers by Crawford and Wilbekin sent the Demon Deacons to their first lead of the second half at 212-20.
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The Demon Deacons were without a field goal in the final 3:20, but they made seven free throws to help clinch the victory.
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Wofford and Matt Colburn had rushing touchdowns for the Demon Deacons (2720-222), who failed to build off last week's upset win over Louisville.
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The Deacons pulled within 211 by halftime, 212-18, thanks to Brown and Jaylen Hoard, who combined for 16 of the team's 18 points.
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Demon Deacons quarterback Jamie Newman, the league leader in several categories, was 16 for 35 for 63 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
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The Vatican announced today that Pope Francis has convened a special commission that will consider allowing women to become deacons in the Catholic church.
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Demon Deacons quarterback Jamie Newman, the league leader in several categories, was 16 for 35 for 238 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
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Walker put the Demon Deacons back on top with a 14-yard run, just 70 seconds after Philyaw-Johnson's second return for a touchdown.
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Louisville trailed, 23-0, behind three lost first-half fumbles before shutting down the Demon Deacons, holding them to just 37 yards after halftime.
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The victory allowed the Demon Deacons (2-0) to begin the season with wins in their first two games for the fourth straight year.
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Elrod was fired from his job as an analyst on the Demon Deacons' IMG College radio broadcasts and was barred from university athletic facilities.
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"Ultimately, we compiled information on 380 credibly accused officials in Southern Baptist churches, including pastors, deacons, Sunday school teachers and volunteers," the newspapers said.
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Moore has taken only 31 shots in six games, hitting 26 of them, and the Deacons coach would like to see him utilized more.
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The controversy centered on whether certain married church deacons would be permitted to offer Mass in churches too remote for priests to reach regularly.
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The Demon Deacons were trying to knock off a ranked team for the second time in four games, but 17 turnovers hurt their cause.
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This time, the Demon Deacons never led after making the first basket, but they were within two points inside of the final nine minutes.
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But Demon Deacons head coach Dave Clawson thinks something else was afoot: a very vague "security breach" where some Wake Forest "documents" went missing.
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The Demon Deacons will be the No. 13 seed and play No. 12 seed North Carolina State next Tuesday in the tournament opener in Washington.
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White, a graduate transfer who also has played for Kansas and Nebraska, surpassed 1,000 career points with his big night against the Demon Deacons. 3.
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The majority of the 180 bishops from nine Amazonian countries also voted for the Catholic Church to revive a debate regarding ordaining women as deacons.
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As the Deacons example demonstrates, resistance to tyranny does not have to rise to the level of state militias attempting to oust a national dictator.
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The Harrisburg list includes 37 priests, three deacons and six seminarians from the diocese, nine clergy members from other dioceses and 16 from religious communities.
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The junior returned for the second half, though, and threw a 214-yard touchdown pass to Chase Claypool to help put away the Demon Deacons.
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Gardner-Webb had 13 first-half points from players off the bench, while the Demon Deacons received 11 points from their reserves by the break.
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At Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, she looked over a congregation of women in hats, deacons in red blazers and ushers dressed in white.
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Facing a shortage of priests, the church in the United States has for decades been actively encouraging men to become deacons to fill the gaps.
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The Demon Deacons got a career-high 210 points from Brandon Childress, who made a career-best seven of the team's nine 3-point baskets.
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The 80-yard drive was the longest of the game as the Demon Deacons (5-5, 233-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) revived their bowl hopes.
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The Demon Deacons have won three straight in the series with the Wolfpack, which has lost nine of its past 11 visits to Winston-Salem.
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The Demon Deacons (433-29, 227-238), who had a two-game winning streak snapped, were denied their first eight-win regular season since 2007.
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This is the sixth year in a row the Demon Deacons played their first ACC game on the road, and they lost each of those.
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The pressing question is whether women can be admitted to sacramental ordination as deacons, and that is a deep theological question that should be undertaken.
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But the priests and deacons of this country can remind our fellow citizens that the Roman Catholic Church is much more than the Roman Curia.
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The lack of an opening for married priests, or women deacons, is expected to disappoint the Pope's liberal supporters, particularly in the Americas and Europe.
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The program considers only cases of abuse committed by archdiocesan priests and deacons, not members of religious orders or lay people working in the archdiocese.
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The Demon Deacons were trying to knock off a nationally ranked team for the second time in four games, but 230 turnovers hurt their cause.
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The Demon Deacons pushed their way to a 31-17 edge, and the margin reached 20 points and settled at 44-26 at the break.
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Also enjoying big games for the Demon Deacons were junior running back Matt Colburn (134 yards) and sophomore receiver Scotty Washington (six catches, 133 yards).
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The Spartans looked like they were going to add to the lead when they moved deep into Demon Deacons' territory late in the third quarter.
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The Demon Deacons received limited production from Chaundee Brown, who had been their most consistent player across the first few games before missing a Nov.
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Johnson, a reserve guard, had seven consecutive Wake Forest points as the Demon Deacons went up 45-44 with less than 13 minutes to play.
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The report's breadth far outstrips the list that the dioceses released last February that named 188 diocesan priests and deacons credibly accused of abusing children.
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Wake Forest running back Cade Carney, who lost a first-quarter fumble, scored on a 1-yard run as the Demon Deacons pulled within 28-21.
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One of the nuns present asked him whether he would set up a new commission to study the role of female deacons in the early church.
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The Demon Deacons (224-20, 234-24 ACC), who trail Clemson in the Atlantic Division by one game in the loss column, were off last week.
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It was a big offensive showing for the Demon Deacons, who didn't score more than 27 first-half points in either of their first two games.
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Clemson rallied past the host Demon Deacons, 73-68, and the Wolfpack then capped the state's 0-for-4 day by losing at Miami, 63-63.
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"We sisters clamor for the Achuar deacons to be ordained," said Maruja Escalante, a nun with the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and Catherine of Siena order.
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The outcome bolstered the Demon Deacons' postseason hopes as they have lost to only one team that hasn't been nationally ranked at some point in the season.
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In January, every Catholic diocese in Texas released the names of all priests, deacons and other clergy members accused of sexually abusing children in the past decades.
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Notre Dame leads the nation in free-throw shooting percentage (80.5) and the Demon Deacons stand 10th at 77.4 after making 21-of-24 on Saturday. 3.
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After the Demon Deacons cut the lead to 54-51 with 12:46 left, Syracuse responded with baskets by Joseph Girard II and Guerrier on consecutive possessions.
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Thomas went on a scoring tear late in the first half, scoring 15 points in a nine-minute stretch as the Demon Deacons pulled within 46-45.
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Deacons currently must be men over the age of 35, and they may be married (though if a deacon's wife dies, he is expected to remain celibate).
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The Demon Deacons have won three straight in the series with NC State (4-4, 1-3), who fell behind quickly thanks to two first-quarter turnovers.
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Wake Forest freshman Sharone Wright Jr. tallied 11 points in a span of slightly more than three minutes as the Demon Deacons grabbed a 61-53 lead.
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But some Catholics, especially in the United States and Europe, have been advocating for women to serve as deacons and hope the commission will open the door.
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The Demon Deacons had another field-goal drought later in the half, again lasting almost 4 1/2 minutes before Woods' 3-point basket right before halftime.
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The Catholic Church's New York Archdiocese released the names of 3503 priests and five deacons it said credibly sexually abused minors or credibly possessed child pornography Friday.
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Earlier, Newman threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Surratt to cap the game's opening possession, with the Demon Deacons needing eight plays to go 75 yards.
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Olivier Sarr added 13 points and Isaiah Mucius had 13 points for the Demon Deacons (9-11, 211-241), who have lost three games in a row.
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No. 14 Villanova 79, DePaul 03 (OT) Collin Gillespie scored 21 points, Saddiq Bey added 18 and the Wildcats held off the visiting Demon Deacons in overtime.
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The Demon Deacons used a 216-23 run, capped by Brandon Childress' 217-pointer, to grab a 51-45 lead before extending the advantage to 61-48.
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The Demon Deacons, playing their third game in seven days, lost their ACC home opener Saturday to Clemson when the Tigers scored the game's final 15 points.
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The Demon Deacons made six of their nine three-point attempts in the half and shot 52 percent from the field to obtain the seven-point lead.
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Villanova (4-103) advanced to the final of the Charleston Classic in South Carolina, slowing a Demon Deacons offense that had scored 103 points a day earlier.
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Elrod was not retained by Dave Clawson when he succeeded Grobe in 2014, and he became an analyst for the radio broadcasts of the Demon Deacons' games.
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Junior guard Brandon Childress added 14 for the Demon Deacons, who shot just 40.7 percent from the field and were 5 of 23 from 3-point range.
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Clemson made 10 of 19 shots from 3-point range in halting a three-game losing streak and defeating the Demon Deacons for a fourth consecutive time.
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The Demon Deacons move on to the semifinals Friday against Long Beach State, a 222-21 winner against Providence in the site's first game of the day.
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Chaundee Brown scored Wake Forest's first five points of the extra session, and Brandon Childress' 543 drew the Demon Deacons within 67-65 with 42.7 seconds left.
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Wake Forest looked out of sorts for stretches, but the Demon Deacons closed to within 62-52, resulting in an NC State timeout with 7:28 remaining.
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Floyd Long, was known as the "cussing preacher," a pugnacious man who built churches and left after clashing with the deacons -- those members who traditionally ran Baptist churches.
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Confessions of a congressman: 9 secrets from the inside The deacons from our church became regulars at our house, anointing my mother with oils and praying over her.
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Canon 33 forbids clerics in the church—bishops, priests and deacons—from having sexual relations with their wives and from having children, though not from entering into marriage.
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The ordination of women as deacons would enable them to carry out a wide range of ecclesiastical activities, from delivering sermons to officiating at some baptisms and funerals.
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The bishops did not vote to allow women to become deacons in the church, a change that, if accepted by Pope Francis, would have had significant theological repercussions.
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Childress scored five points during a 7-0 run that enabled the Demon Deacons to push their advantage to 56-44 with less than 12 minutes to play.
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The Demon Deacons have started 0-2 for the first time since 1979 and won't be getting any sympathy from the Bulldogs, who themselves are starved for wins.
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Louisville led by as many as 14 in the first half, but the Demon Deacons closed the half on a 53-2 run, capped by Wilbekin's 3-pointer.
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Axel Wicke, Bethel's pastor, said that more than 22019 different priests, pastors, deacons and elders of every denomination have traveled from around the country to host a service.
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But the pope asked some skeptical questions at the assembly about whether the responsibilities of deaconesses in the early church were more circumscribed than those of male deacons.
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Childress scored and was fouled, but the Demon Deacons collected the offensive rebound off his missed free throw and Olivier Sarr ended up converting on two free throws.
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On Wednesday, Bishop Ronald Gainer of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, released the names of 71 priests, deacons and seminarians who had been accused of sexually abusing minors since the 1940s.
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Just 34 seconds earlier, Wake Forest quarterback Jamie Newman rushed for his third touchdown on the day, which proved to be the winning score for the Demon Deacons.
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But instead of dropping bills into a collection plate, the congregants at a large Pentecostal church rose and filed toward the deacons clutching hand-held card-reading machines.
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And there was one resounding theme following the game, a contest in which the Demon Deacons gave up 33 offensive rebounds and 47.8 percent shooting from the field.
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Freshman Kenneth Walker III ripped off a 214-yard TD run two minutes into the fourth quarter to put the bow on the win for the Demon Deacons.
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Things have gone so well for the Demon Deacons that they barely recall getting off to a miserable start; at least, that's how the players are letting on.
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Under the synod-formulated proposal, older married deacons with stable families who were proven leaders of remote Catholic communities would have been free to be ordained as priests.
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The Demon Deacons, who picked up a rare Atlantic Coast Conference road victory, received 14 points from reserve Ismael Massoud and 12 points from reserve guard Torry Johnson.
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Archbishop J. Peter Sartain of Seattle apologized for the actions by the nearly all-male list of priests, brothers and deacons, and at least one sister, who abused minors.
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The bishops also urged the Vatican to reopen a study commission on ordaining women as deacons, which allows for preaching, celebrating weddings and baptisms, but not consecrating the Eucharist.
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The pope has suggested in the past that he is open to discussing the issue, setting up a commission to examine the history of female deacons in the church.
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The Demon Deacons led by a point at halftime in Virginia last time out before suffering a 79-62 setback, but have won six of their seven home games.
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ABOUT WAKE FOREST (7-4, 4-22): The Demon Deacons have set a handful of offensive records this season on their way to a second consecutive postseason bowl berth.
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Malachi Richardson had scored at least 260 points in nine of his previous 10 games before scuffling to five points on 1-of-8 shooting against the Demon Deacons.
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The Deacons picked off redshirt freshman quarterback Anthony Brown three times, with Essang Bassey returning one of the picks 256 yards for a touchdown late in the first half.
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The Yellow Jackets stopped Wake's Cade Carney on fourth-and-1 at the Georgia Tech 21 with 22:222 remaining to deny the Demon Deacons for the final time.
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Hartman's touchdown pass to tight end Jake Freudenthal for 215 yards with 2:223 remaining gave the Demon Deacons a chance, but Boston College recovered the ensuing onside kick.
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During a question-and-answer session with nuns on Thursday, the pope was asked if a commission could be created to study whether women might also serve as deacons.
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The Demon Deacons, who lost two of their previous three games, scored their most points in regulation since a 90-78 season-opening victory against North Carolina A&T.
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The release of names of the 71 priests, deacons and seminarians who have been accused of abuse in Harrisburg since 1947 covers the period examined by the grand jury.
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The Demon Deacons lost eight games by 8 or fewer points over the past three seasons, including games this season against Army (21-13) and Boston College (17-14).
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Then another group of deacons stood up and talked about how that same person had been a force in the church who had done so much to help people.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn announced a program on Thursday that will seek to compensate hundreds of victims who were abused as children by its priests and deacons.
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The Demon Deacons were in the lead less than three minutes into the second half, courtesy of a 9-0 run before Georgia Tech scored in the second half.
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It was an otherwise special night for the Demon Deacons, who honored former coach Dave Odom and the 1995 ACC Tournament championship team that featured, among others, Tim Duncan.
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Andrien White led Wake Forest with 22 points while Olivier Sarr added 11.13 points and 12 rebounds for the Demon Deacons, who haven't won at Littlejohn Coliseum since 2009.
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The Demon Deacons scored the next eight points on the way to a 74-64 lead by the 36.9-second mark and added two more to conclude the contest.
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Wolford hooked up with tight end Cam Serigne for a 45-yard touchdown play as the Demon Deacons led 373-0 less than 3 1/2 minutes into the game.
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Bishops in Latin America first put the recommendation forward last year, proposing the ordination of older married deacons with stable families and leadership experience in remote Catholic communities, Reuters reported.
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The proposal calls for married men who are already deacons in the Church, have a stable family relationship, and are proven leaders in their communities to be ordained as priests.
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The proposal, known as "viri probati," refers to older Catholic men, who have stable families, are respected in their communities and who are already ordained as deacons in the church.
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Junior guard Brandon Childress, the Deacons' leading scorer at 16 points per game, went scoreless for the first time this season, missing all 11 of his shots from the floor.
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ABOUT WAKE FOREST (11-216, 211-23): The Demon Deacons were within four points of Notre Dame with just over two minutes left Wednesday before dropping a 23-2427 decision.
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ET, RSN ABOUT WAKE FOREST (15-10, 6-7 ACC): The Demon Deacons are tough to defend, thanks to an excellent backcourt and one of the nation's top big men.
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A 19-yard Hartman-to-Bachman touchdown play came in the first minute of the fourth quarter barely two minutes after the Demon Deacons fell behind for the first time.
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Clemson overcame a slow start against Wake Forest to post the highest-scoring half in coach Brad Brownell's 185-game tenure to hold off a Demon Deacons' upset bid Tuesday.
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The Demon Deacons are 0-2 during the midst of a four-game run against ranked competition, and Tuesday's contest is the eighth of the season against a ranked opponent.
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Again, the Demon Deacons were back in the end zone quickly, this time with Hartman's 214-yard pass play to Greg Dortch with 210:21 left in the third quarter.
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Pope Francis had convened a panel of experts to study the history of women deacons in the early church, but he said in May that the panel's findings were inconclusive.
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He led the Demon Deacons on a 75-yard drive starting at the 1:15 mark, covering most of it with completions of 49 and 20 yards to Alex Bachman.
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Olivier Sarr scored 210 points, Isaiah Mucius knocked in 23 points before fouling out in the final minute and Brandon Childress tallied 237 points for the 236th-seeded Demon Deacons.
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The Tigers (10-8, 4-4 ACC) posted its fourth victory in five games while the Demon Deacons (9-9, 2-6) lost for the fourth time in five games.
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After Charlotte missed at the other end, Childress was short on a 249-point attempt with nine seconds left and the Demon Deacons (252-248) never got the ball back.
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" The National Catholic Reporter notes that Francis said after the vote concerning female deacons, "I am going to take up the challenge … that you have put forward, that women be heard.
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The result is that many jobs once done by priests, like taking funerals or ministering to the sick, are now done by lay-people or by deacons who may be married.
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Even a few more mainstream religious groups, such as Reform Jews, Northern Baptists, and Presbyterians, were giving women larger roles, and the Methodist Episcopals decided in 1920 to allow women deacons.
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Six have endorsed the ordination of viri probati (a church phrase meaning "men of proven virtue"), who in many cases would be tribal elders, and four that of women as deacons.
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Wake Forest's Brandon Childress made two free throws with 31.1 seconds left, and Demon Deacons center Olivier Sarr made five foul shots in the last 24 seconds for his only points.
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Wake Forest's strength of schedule is ranked No. 1 in the country; 23 of the Demon Deacons' 30 regular-season games are against teams ranked in the RPI Top 120. 2.
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The Demon Deacons closed the first half with a 19-4 run and led 44-22 at the break, holding the Bobcats to 22.7 percent shooting in the opening 20 minutes.
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Christian Beal-Smith got the Demon Deacons on the board on their first possession of the game, rushing 227 yards for a touchdown to cap a 214-play, 259-yard drive.
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The Demon Deacons may have found their offensive flow in their last contest, a win over UNC Greensboro, shooting 61.5 percent from the floor, the highest percentage under coach Danny Manning.
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The Tablet, a British Catholic news weekly, reported this week that a proposal to ordain women deacons was included in the final report that will be put to the vote on Saturday.
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Bryant Crawford (277 points, team-best 267 assists) is the second option for the Demon Deacons and the sophomore guard scored 18 in the 83-68 loss at North Carolina last season.
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The Demon Deacons registered one of the most impressive outings in four seasons under coach Dave Clawson last weekend, ending a three-game losing streak with a 42-32 win over Louisville.
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Collins posted his ninth double-double of the season in the Demon Deacons' 85-80 victory at Boston College on Tuesday, scoring 26 points and tying a career high with 93 rebounds.
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He said the Vatican should study the question of ordaining women as deacons, answering a call that women, particularly in the United States, have been asking the church to address for decades.
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Jaylen Hoard's 26 points, Brandon Childress' 213 points and Sharone Wright Jr.'s 217 points paced the Demon Deacons (212-224, 223-222), who have lost four of their last five games.
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Senior G Codi Miller-McIntyre paced six Demon Deacons in double figures with 22 points while Thomas had 16 points and 11 rebounds in Wake Forest's earlier loss to Virginia Tech. 3.
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INTERNATIONAL The byline and the first six paragraphs of an article about a study on whether women should be deacons in the Roman Catholic Church were omitted from some editions on Friday.
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Collins' streak of eight consecutive games with 20 points or more is the longest in ACC play for the Demon Deacons since Skip Brown did it in 10 straight in 1974-75.
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"The deaconess in the early church was not a woman who performed the ministry of a deacon...she did nothing done by priests or male deacons," he told an interviewer in 2001.
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The Demon Deacons, who will have a 29-day layoff before their next game, stormed out of the halftime break on an 183-218 run to stretch their lead to 280-257.
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Florida State will travel to North Carolina to face the Wake Forest Demon Deacons before heading home to host the No. X Virginia Cavaliers in a top-25 showdown a week later.
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The church has already sought to address a potential shortage of priests by promoting the use of deacons — male clerics who can be married and sit just behind priests in the church hierarchy.
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But the Demon Deacons went more than 13 minutes without a field goal as the Orange built a 67-39 lead in front of what felt like a pro-Syracuse crowd at times.
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In the synod's final document, most of the bishops called for establishing criteria so that "respected" married men in their communities who have already served as permanent deacons can be ordained as priests.
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The discussion at the synod of whether to recommend in the Amazon region the ordination of women as deacons or that of married men as priests will do little to heal such divisions.
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If he can't play, the Orange once again will give the nod to Zack Mahoney, who was 226.7-of-239 for 237 yards and three touchdowns with two interceptions against the Demon Deacons.
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The Hokies, however, used offense in their first meeting with the Demon Deacons, getting 32 points from Justin Bibbs and 20 from Zach LeDay in an exciting 93-43 victory on Jan. 13.
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In May, he announced an inquiry of his own—into the possibility of ordaining women as deacons (a lower rank than that of priest which, unlike the priesthood, is open to married men).
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The Tigers fell to Florida State to drop into a four-way tie for third place in the league standings, while the Demon Deacons are above only winless Boston College in conference play.
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At a Catholic women's conference in Indiana this weekend, Archbishop Tobin said he was "hopeful" that women could become deacons, a possibility now being studied by a Vatican committee appointed by the pope.
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Even after the late go-ahead score, the Demon Deacons (7-6) had to wait to celebrate until Riley Patterson's 43-yard field-goal attempt for Memphis went wide right as time expired.
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And it is humorous that Louisville, which entered the Wake Forest game ranked fifth in the country, felt it needed an edge against the Demon Deacons, whom it proceeded to manhandle, 44-12.
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Olivier Sarr posted 224 points, and Jahcobi Neath added 22017 points for the Demon Deacons (13-17, 6-14), who can finish no better than in a last-place tie in the ACC.
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The New York archdiocese listed 53 priests and deacons who were credibly accused of abuse, admitted to it, were convicted of a crime related to it, or were involved in a civil settlement.
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In a series of pointed questions -- the Pope joked that he felt like a goalie fielding shots -- the women called him out, asking why they can't preach at Mass or be ordained as deacons.
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The Demon Deacons were 5-for-21 from the field, but made up for it with 15-for-22 free-throw shooting to account for more than half of their production at that juncture.
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No. 17 Florida State 88, Wake Forest 66 The Seminoles, who started 28-24 in Atlantic Coast Conference play this season, won their sixth straight league game, defeating the Demon Deacons in Tallahassee, Fla.
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The discovery was part of a broader investigation into the whereabouts of 5,100 priests, deacons, monks, and lay people in Roman Catholic Churches in the US accused of child sexual abuse dating back decades.
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The current pontiff, Pope Francis, has tried to bridge this divide, calling for the church to be more inclusive, while upholding church teachings that prohibit gay marriage and ordaining women as priests or deacons.
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Mr. Bush's high school yearbook testifies to his ambitions and energy: He was president of the senior class, chairman of the student deacons and captain of both the baseball team and the soccer team.
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But the commission has not made its finding public, and the cardinal who heads it made clear last June that advising the pope on modern-day female deacons had never been on its agenda.
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Ody Oguama poured in 16 points, while Olivier Sarr and Ismael Massoud had 103 points apiece as the Demon Deacons (9-8, 2-23 ACC) avenged a seven-point loss from the season opener.
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The Demon Deacons shot just 28 percent (7-for-25) in the first half and they missed their first nine 3-point attempts before Crawford's deep trey with 2 seconds left in the half.
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He also rushed for a career-high 102 yards on 223 attempts on a day in which the Demon Deacons converted 17 of 24 third downs, allowing them to maintain possession for 35:51.
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The report, by the Minnesota-based law firm Jeff Anderson & Associates, names priests, deacons, nuns, and other religious figures associated with the five Roman Catholic dioceses in New Jersey — including members of religious orders.
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The growth in the number of deacons has made U.S. Catholics more comfortable with the idea of married men playing an important role in services, said Bill Donohue, chairman of the conservative-leaning Catholic League.
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Byrd had a 59-yard touchdown run and Matt Coburn scored on a 1-yard carry as the Demon Deacons built a 36-0 cushion before Utah State (1-2) scored in the third quarter.
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While deacons, like priests, are currently able to preach, perform baptisms and run parishes, only priests can say Mass, meaning nearly 90 percent of villages in the region do not have access to weekly liturgy.
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Instead, the decisions will be left to 185 men, who are discussing the possibility of women sharing pastoral responsibilities with priests or even the potential ordination of women deacons, a decision with broad theological implications.
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Bryant Crawford scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half, and Devin Thomas added 19 for the Demon Deacons (10-583, 1-7), who blew a 10-point lead with 90 seconds left.
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At the end of the day, everybody wants to act like they're dating deacons and pastors and their relationship is perfect and you don't know what type of things are going on in their relationship.
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The more recent report, released in 2002, said the question of ordaining women as deacons was a matter of discernment for church leaders, though few in the Vatican have shown a willingness to push forward.
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Jones, a Philadelphia native, joined the Demon Deacons staff in May 2017 after coaching at Central Florida, Virginia Commonwealth and Florida Gulf Coast and playing at Arkansas Tech and North Platte Community College in Nebraska.
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Wimbush accounted for three touchdowns and overcame a scary hit to the knee to lead No. 3 Notre Dame to its seventh straight victory, 48-250 over the pesky Demon Deacons in South Bend, Ind.
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The Demon Deacons became bowl-eligible for the first time since 2011 following last Saturday's 27-20 win over Virginia, snapping a two-game slide that followed the program's first 5-1 start since 2006.
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Coach Danny Manning's Wake Forest squad has dropped a season-high six straight, though the last four have been to nationally-ranked foes, adding to the No. 1 strength of schedule of the Demon Deacons.
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ABOUT WAKE FOREST (23-133, 213-279 ACC): Senior forward Devin Thomas leads all active ACC players in career double-doubles (264), and leads the Demon Deacons with 16.2 points and 10.4 rebounds per contest.
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But the study, which was leaked to several media organizations last week, found that at least 1,670 clergy members and deacons had abused 3,677 children — more than half of them boys — from 1946 to 2014.
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Louisville suspended Lonnie Galloway, a co-offensive coordinator, for the Citrus Bowl after a review of how he handled Wake Forest game plans that he received from the since-fired Demon Deacons broadcaster Tommy Elrod.
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The chasms are far wider in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where the faithful can go months without access to a priest and married deacons are increasingly called on to conduct the business of parishes.
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Junior Bryant Crawford came into the game needing 13 points to reach 1,000 for his career, but didn't get his first field goal until 4:19 remained and finished with 10 points for the Demon Deacons.
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The list, published at the end of June, contains 50 names of deacons, clergy members and priests who have been accused, along with their ages and whether they resigned, died or were removed from the ministry.
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Since Vatican reforms in the mid 1960s, "permanent deacons" -- those who do not plan on becoming priests -- can perform many of the same functions as priests, including preach, celebrate marriages, lead funeral services and run parishes.
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An ex-Roman Catholic priest whose name was recently included in a list of New Jersey priests and deacons credibly accused of sexually abusing children was found slain inside his Nevada home on Saturday, officials confirm.
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The Demon Deacons rank tied for ninth in the nation and first in the ACC in red zone offense, converting 30 touchdowns and 14 field goals in 47 trips inside the 20-yard line (93.6 percent).
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Wake Forest upsets No. 8 Louisville WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest needed at least one notable victory on its portfolio to impress the NCAA Tournament committee, and the Demon Deacons came up with that Wednesday night.
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Wolford hit freshman receiver Greg Dortch for a 245-yard touchdown pass — Dortch's third TD catch in two games — and scored on a 26-yard run in the first half for the Demon Deacons (230-246).
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In 1995, an American group of canon law experts said that ordaining women as deacons in the church would be in keeping with Catholic theology and past practice, though the Vatican never acted on that recommendation.
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"We've got to get better on defense," Wake Forest guard Keyshawn Woods told reporters after his game-high 25 points was not enough, on a night where the Demon Deacons led for more than 35 minutes.
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Syracuse, benefitting from a Hartman fumble that gave it possession at the Demon Deacons' 10-yard line, was up 14-10 after Howard's 1-yard fourth-down run with 52 seconds left in the first quarter.
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The Illini have been impressive under first-year coach Brad Underwood, winning their first six by an average margin of 20.5 points, while the Demon Deacons enter the contest having won two of their last three.
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Clawson, who has coached Wake Forest to its best record in five years, said Elrod had "negatively impacted our entire program," but he did not imply that the leak had cost the Demon Deacons a victory.
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Mr. Capparelli had been included with nearly 200 other priests and deacons who were named last month by the Catholic dioceses in New Jersey as having been credibly accused of the sexual abuse of a minor.
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As bishop overseeing a diocese one-fifth the size of Italy, Bishop Ruiz faced a severe shortage of priests and eased the burden by ordaining several hundred married male deacons, a vast majority of them indigenous men.
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A database compiled by the group and published on its website Wednesday lists nearly 70 Chilean priests, deacons, religious bothers and a nun who have been accused of molesting children, including some that remain in active ministry.
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The Demon Deacons held off Boston College on the road last Tuesday before coming home to beat Georgia Tech 81-69 on Saturday as 77.43-10 sophomore John Collins notched his third double-double in four games.
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All the things that can cause a basketball team to lose - poor shooting, poor defense, turnovers and lack of rebounding - are afflicting the Demon Deacons, who are staring at their first 0-3 start in 50 years.
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"We know that the league that we play in, night in and night out, it's going to be a beast," Wake Forest coach Danny Manning said after the Demon Deacons' 77-63 loss Saturday at Miami (Fla.).
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Harrisburg abuse list On August 1, the leader of one of the largest Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania released a list identifying 71 priests, deacons and seminarians accused of "substantiated" sexual misconduct over the past seven decades.
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Chappell, 6 feet 8 inches and 21962 pounds, was a prolific scorer and rebounder at Wake Forest while leading the Demon Deacons to two N.C.A.A. championship tournament appearances, including a berth in the Final Four in 22.
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He and others had branded as heretical synod documents that included the proposal, which sought to allow older married deacons who are proven leaders of remote Catholic communities and have stable families to be ordained as priests.
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In August, Francis set up a commission to study the role of women deacons in early Christianity, raising hopes among equality campaigners that women could one day have a greater say in the 1.2 billion-member Church.
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The Demon Deacons used a 10-0 run to lead 32-17, and following a three-point play from Sarr, took that 44-29 advantage to leave the Louisville faithful stunned and frustrated late in the first half.
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"Only when women are equally included in all ordination rites - as deacons, priests, and bishops - and at all Church decision-making tables, can we begin to restore our Gospel values of equality and justice," the campaign group said.
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ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE (7-20, 653-14): Eli Carter scored 18 points and Garland Owens added 13 in the loss to the Demon Deacons, while their teammates combined for an atrocious 6-of-37 display from the floor.
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Virginia Tech 36, No. 19 Wake Forest 17 Deshawn McClease ran for two touchdowns as the Hokies knocked off the Demon Deacons in Blacksburg, Va., to maintain control of their destiny in the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division.
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Florida State (216-211, 211-214) controlled the game for most of the first half and all of the second half, sending the Demon Deacons (93-29, 222-215) to their sixth loss in the past seven games.
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Brandon Childress began the night as the Demon Deacons' leading scorer at 16.9 points per game, but he finished with just one point, shooting 583-for-7 from the field, including 0-for-3 from beyond the arc.
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The attorney general's office said it reviewed the records of more than 300 deacons, seminarians and religious women who served in the state's four Roman Catholic dioceses: the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Diocese of Kansas City-St.
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Woods, who led Conference-USA in 3-point shooting accuracy while with Charlotte two years ago, is 10-for-45.33 from beyond the arc this season, and the Demon Deacons figure to find more ways to get him shots.
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The Demon Deacons racked up a school-record 734 yards of offense, erasing a 14-point halftime deficit and routing Syracuse 64-43 last Saturday, becoming bowl-eligible for the second straight season after not reaching one since 2011.
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Senior defensive end Duke Ejiofor ranks second in the conference with seven sacks and was one of six Deacons - highlighted by a career-high 2600 from sophomore linebacker Justin Strnad - to register at least a half-sack versus Louisville.
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They recommended this change for only certain parts of the Amazon and for only married men already made deacons, meaning men already allowed to perform marriages and baptisms, but not to officiate at mass, which only priests can do.
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LINE: Wake Forest -4.5 ABOUT WAKE FOREST (3-22): The Demon Deacons should be flying high after their offensive performance in a 22014-282 victory over Utah State, a team they lost to while going 216-298 in 23.
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Senior quarterback John Wolford will make his 34th career start in the season opener – his fourth consecutive opening-game start – one season after starting 13 games and directing the Demon Deacons to their first bowl berth in five years.
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The commission, composed of six male and six female theologians, will study early Christian writing to determine what role deacons may have played historically, and whether those roles could now be performed by non-ordained lay people, including women.
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Wake Forest should have plenty of motivation when it hosts Liberty on Tuesday, given how the weekend felt after the Demon Deacons were shocked at home by Georgia Southern in a disappointing 85-83 defeat in Friday's season opener.
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"There are already more than 450 different priests, pastors, deacons, elders from around the country, every denomination, wanting to be put on the rotation to participate in this service," Axel Wicke, Bethel's pastor, said in an interview on Thursday.
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Mr. Capparelli, once a priest in New Jersey, was among nearly 200 priests and deacons who were named in February by the Catholic dioceses in New Jersey as having been credibly accused of the sexual abuse of a minor.
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Wake shot only 38.9 percent from the field in the opening half to Miami's 44.4 but made up the difference with a 23-16 rebounding advantage that helped the Deacons to an 11-0 advantage in second-half points.
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One area the Demon Deacons hope to build on is their balance as all five starters scored in double figures against Villanova along with reserve shooting guard Keyshawn Woods, who continues to dazzle with his dead-eye 3-point shooting.
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One of the most contentious items in the 120-paragraph final document from the synod, the proposal calls for married men who are already deacons in the Church and are proven leaders in their communities to be ordained as priests.
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Wake Forest coach Danny Manning knows his Demon Deacons have lost eight in a row entering the opener of a three-game road trip Wednesday at Georgia Tech, but there were signs of a breakout in Wake Forest's last performance.
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Made up of all active and retired bishops, priests, and deacons in the United States, the USCCB's stated mission is to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ across all Catholic institutions through everything from evangelism, to political action, to movie reviews.
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"The SFC felt that there were too many incidents of market misconduct, leading to an ever-expanding enforcement workload, and it was necessary to find ways to regulate listing more effectively," said Peter Cheng, a partner at law firm Deacons.
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Much like the Cardinals' last opponent, the Demon Deacons find themselves on the NCAA Tournament bubble, although they got a much-needed home win last Wednesday against Pittsburgh to halt a stretch in which they had dropped three of four.
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican played down on Friday expectations that Pope Francis might be ready to ordain women as deacons after he had raised hopes among liberal Catholics by promising to set up a commission to study the issue.
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In 2005, Ms. Chua received a full ride to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., where, in 2009, she was part of the Demon Deacons team that won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, the team's first in 14 years.
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The 83-year-old Argentine pope wrote that new ways must be found to encourage more priests to work in the remote region, and allow expanded roles for women, lay people and permanent deacons, of whom the Amazon needed "many more".
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In the end, the resolution of this crisis may involve not only accountability but also the role of women in the church, whether in an ecclesiastical position, like deacons, or as they were for centuries in the past, wives to priests.
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