The Holy Father, during a recent audience granted to His Eminence Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has decided to institute a new Study Commission on the female diaconate, formed of the following:

President:

His Eminence Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, archbishop of L’Aquila.

Secretary:

The Reverend Denis Dupont-Fauville, official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Members:

Professor Catherine Brown Tkacz, Lviv, Ukraine.

Professor Dominic Cerrato, Steubenville, United States of America.

Professor Don Santiago del Cura Elena, Burgos, Spain.

Professor Caroline Farey, Shrewsbury, Great Britain.

Professor Barbara Hallensleben, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Professor Don Manfred Hauke, Lugano, Switzerland.

Professor James Keating, Omaha, United States of America.

Professor Msgr. Angelo Lameri, Crema, Italy.

Professor Rosalba Manes, Viterbo, Italy.

Professor Anne-Marie Pelletier, Paris, France.