AdvertisementSeizing On Pope's Remarks, Women Meet In Rome To Discuss Female PriesthoodJune 04, 2016Sylvia PoggiolifacebookEmailPope Francis hugs Sister Carmen Sammut, a missionary sister of Our Lady of Africa, at the Vatican on May 12. The pope said he was willing to create a commission to study whether women can be deacons in the Catholic Church, signaling an openness to letting women serve in ordained ministry currently reserved to men. (AP)