Vatican & World News 04.12.2025

-   A Vatican commission votes against admitting women to the diaconate if it is understood as a degree of the sacrament of Holy Orders.

-   Pope Leo issues a decree suppressing the Commission for Donations to the Holy See, which had been established by Francis earlier this year.

-   A U.N. human rights chief warns of another wave of atrocities in Sudan as fighting intensifies across the Kordofan region.