Why Modernists Do Not Need or Want a Female Diaconate

The Modernists know they no longer need women to be ordained. Cardinal Petrocchi spills the beans, and no one sees it.

The Vatican Modernists fooled Trad Inc. and Catholic Inc. again. The revolutionary, synodal agenda advances right under the eye of those who claim to defend Tradition.

In response to the “Summary of the Study Commission on the Diaconate of Women,” authored by Italian Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, the usual suspects are proclaiming this a victory for Christ’s Church because the Commission did not yet recommend ordaining women to the diaconate.

Here are just a few responses:

First of all, what happened to basic reading comprehension skills? Did any of these commentators actually use the Google translation feature and read what the document said? Petrocchi and the Commission did not reject female deacons. They just kicked the can down the road AGAIN. The Summary says,

“We know, however, that the purely historical perspective does not allow us to arrive at any definitive certainty. In the final analysis, the question must be decided on the doctrinal level… Therefore, the problems relating to the diaconal ordination of women remain open to further theological and pastoral study[.]” (Google translation).

Does that sound like a rejection of the female diaconate to you?

One of the worst commentaries comes from the newly minted Pelican Plus apostolate, Vatican Commission Says No to Female Deacons, Hesitates to Call It Final.

The “crucial passage” the Pelican article refers to, suggesting that the female diaconate was rejected, is NOT a quote from the September 2025 Summary but from a prior session in 2022. If anything, the current position is MORE favorable to female ordination than in 2022.

The rose-colored delusions continue unabated since Leo’s election. The Gaslighting and outright deception are unconscionable.

Now, do I think Leo and the Modernists in the Vatican will someday approve of the female diaconate? Probably not. In fact, the reason the Commission did not recommend female deacons to Leo is the same reason why the Modernist heretics, presently occupying the Vatican buildings, will likely never approve of it, as I explain below.

Mind Reading the Modernist

You first must put yourself in the place of Modernist heretics, like the ones currently occupying the Vatican and synodal commissions.

Part of the problem with so many of these popular, mainstream Trad Inc. and Catholic Inc. commentators is that they operate in a neo-Trad/conservative bubble, wherein their entire discernment assumes the post-Vatican II Conciliar Church maintains some authentic connection to real Catholicism. They only criticize the Council to the extent others took advantage of its ambiguities based on particular political and theological agendas.

But this assumption is false. When analyzing the strategy and thought process of a Modernist heretic, you must begin with the assumption that they are not only completely dismissive of Church Tradition, but they also reject the entire notion of it.

Their worldview begins at Vatican II—their revolution. Nothing comes before it of any value or worth, and to the extent something was valuable or worth their time to consider, it would have been mentioned by the Vatican II documents.

With this fundamental understanding in place—that Modernists do not respect the idea of Tradition or doctrine—we can now assess why those same Modernists would NOT want to ordain females to the diaconate when it would seem most politically expedient and correct.

According to a Modernist mindset, the seven sacraments, as Traditional Catholics understand them, are relics of that pre-Conciliar mythical past.

If a sacrament is traditionally defined as an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace, then there really is no need for such grace because every person, by virtue of their very existence, have infinity dignity. Because all men and women are made in the image and likeness of God, every person ever born is endowed with an infinite dignity, just like God.

So, what then is the role of the sacraments in the Conciliar Church? Unfortunately for the Modernist, because they are relics from the pre-Conciliar dark ages, many Catholics still recognize them as necessary for salvation despite their link to hierarchical oppression and inequality.

Think about it, says the Modernist. It is not just that Holy Orders excludes women. Marriage excludes LGBT people. Holy Eucharist is used to exclude those living in complex (sinful) situations rather than to show mercy. Baptism excludes non-Christians. In other words, this notion of sacramental economy does nothing to promote liberty, equality, and fraternity.

Let’s dig deeper, says the Modernist. Do we NEED a sacrament to confirm women in their infinite dignity? Do sodomites NEED marriage to justify their self-giving “love” to each other? Does anyone really need the permission of an outdated, juridical structure that for centuries served as nothing more than an institutionalized pretext for misogyny, hate, and exclusion?

Yes, some hardline Modernists feel the need to assert their identity by seeking access to sacraments in defiance of Church Tradition, seeing it as a noble sign of rebellion. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that many of today’s Modernists have realized that attempting to change the sacraments is a futile effort. Instead, they choose to simply ignore them, which carries a much lower political cost.

Rather than insisting women NEED Holy Orders, the Modernists just say, “we will grant all, if not more, the honors, power, and authority granted to those who receive Holy Orders without receipt of the sacrament itself.”

That process has already begun. Women are appointed to the highest political offices in the Vatican, including overseeing ordained clerics. Women are appointed religious teachers, lectors, acolytes, ministers of communion, etc. Why accept the exclusionary history of sacraments when you can simply hand over to Modernist women all the power and authority they seek?

Application to Female Deacons

I contend that Modernists do not want female deacons because they believe that women’s inherent dignity already grants them equal power and authority with men. The female Modernist doesn’t need sacraments to prove their dignity.

This dignity empowers women to participate fully in all areas of leadership, governance, and teaching within the Church. Traditional theology, doctrine, and dogma are seen as outdated power structures that restrict freedom and should not be allowed to stand in the way of progress.

This may sound like a stretch to you. But my thesis is supported in Petrocchi’s Summary, just released to the public. The following paragraphs contain the open secret that does not require any special decoding:

“It should also be noted that in many dioceses of the world there is no ministry of diaconate, and in entire continents this sacramental institution is almost absent. Where it is active, the activities of deacons often coincide with the roles proper to lay ministries or altar servers in the liturgy, raising questions in the People of God about the specific meaning of their ordination.” (Google translation)

“It should also be emphasized that the various Commissions were unanimous in pointing out the need to expand the “communal spaces” so that women can express adequate participation and co-responsibility in the decision-making nerve centers of the Church, also through the creation of new lay Ministries.” (Google translation)

In other words, the activities Modernists want to empower women to participate in can be achieved without them needing to be ordained as deacons. The real objective is not to defend the diaconate itself, which has never gained widespread acceptance globally, but to “expand” the “communal spaces” where women can operate and share responsibility in the “decision-making nerve centers of the Church.”

Tying the push to empower women in the Conciliar Church to legitimate sacraments is detrimental to the cause, not helpful. As such, I do not expect Leo or the synodal commissions to push too hard for female ordination or LGBT marriage either. The ultimate goal for this agenda is to eliminate any reliance or connective tissue to the pre-Vatican II Church, and if this can be done without the sacraments, all the better.

This highlights the underlying reason for the situation, which those in Trad Inc. are likely to refuse to acknowledge. Expanding access to “decision-making nerve centers of the Church” was the only thing the feminists actively seeking ordination wanted from day one.

When it became apparent that they were not going to get the priesthood, they focused on the diaconate until someone realized that it was pointless when someone like Francis, Leo, or the entire Synodal process could simply grant them the power they seek without ordination.

And so here we are. While Trad Inc. praises the synodal commission for kicking the can down the road again and by not yet approving female deacons, the synodal process is driving the racecar right past that old dirty can and implementing the Vatican II revolution in the face of those who claim to defend Tradition.