{"id":21545,"date":"2025-05-08T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/?p=21545"},"modified":"2025-05-08T19:28:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:28:01","slug":"dd-press-release-on-election-of-pope-leo-xiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/dd-press-release-on-election-of-pope-leo-xiv\/","title":{"rendered":"DD Statement on Election of Pope Leo XIV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Para publicaci\u00f3n inmediata: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May 8, 2025<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Catholic Women\u2019s Organization Celebrates New Pope<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leaders from Discerning Deacons are hopeful after the historic election of Pope Leo XIV; say it signals a Church ever more open to the gifts of all who serve<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L\u00edderes de la iglesia <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discerning Deacons,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an organization working to engage Catholics about the role of women in the Church, are celebrating the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, who, in his first official address, called for building bridges and \u201cto be a synodal church.\u201d In a pair of statements, Discerning Deacons co-directors, Casey Stanton and Ellie Hidalgo, reflected on meeting the new pope in February at the Jubilee of Deacons and expressed hope for continued churchwide dialogue toward greater inclusion that began under Pope Francis:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Casey Stanton, co-director de Discerning Deacons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, said: \u201cWe are filled with deep hope and excitement at the election of Pope Leo XIV that the dream of a welcoming, listening, bridge-building Church is still alive and the transformative work of Pope Francis will continue. In his leadership at the Dicastery for Bishops, Pope Leo welcomed the historic contributions of women now serving in the discernment of new bishops. As a participant in the Synod on Synodality, he demonstrated a deep commitment to co-responsibility and inclusion, widening the path for women to offer their full gifts in ministry, theology, leadership, and governance. We give thanks for the Pope\u2019s witness and ministry, and stand ready to journey with him to promote peace, build bridges, and share the Good News with humility and courage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting on meeting then-Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost in February, <\/span><b>Ellie Hidalgo, co-director de Discerning Deacons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, said: \u201cHis words at the Jubilee of Deacons earlier this year were powerful. He spoke of deacons as team-builders, opening the doors of the church and inviting others in. He reminded us that deacons are out in the world \u2013 proclaiming the good news and promoting authentic justice. Listening to him then, I had no idea he would become our new pope. Now I see what a moment of grace it was to hear him affirm the vocation of the diaconate for the Church and for the world.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>About Discerning Deacons<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discerning Deacons involucra a los cat\u00f3licos en un discernimiento activo sobre el papel de las mujeres en la Iglesia y la renovaci\u00f3n del diaconado para que la Iglesia pueda servir a todo el pueblo de Dios en todo el mundo. M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DiscerningDeacons.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Comms@discerningdeacons.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comms@discerningdeacons.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casey Stanton: 781-799-0239<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ellie Hidalgo: 323-632-3216<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release: May 8, 2025 &nbsp; Catholic Women\u2019s Organization Celebrates New Pope Leaders from Discerning Deacons are hopeful after the historic election of Pope Leo XIV; say it signals a Church ever more open to the gifts of all who serve &nbsp; Leaders from Discerning Deacons, an organization working to engage Catholics about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":17895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"witness-tag":[],"class_list":["post-21545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21545"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21553,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21545\/revisions\/21553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21545"},{"taxonomy":"witness-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discerningdeacons.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/witness-tag?post=21545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}