Pope sets up group to study women deacons

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis has set up a commission to study the role of women deacons in early Christianity, the Vatican said on Tuesday, a move that might lead to changes in the role of women in the Roman Catholic Church. Deacons, like priests, are ordained ministers, and as in the priesthood, must be men. Scholars debate the precise role of women deacons in the early Church.