The two day meeting brings together the 12 members of the commission, under the presidency of Jesuit Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, who also serves as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
During the morning and afternoon sessions, members will study the situation of women deacons in the early centuries of Church history.
The 12-member commission will hold two days of sessions this week. Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer, the secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is chairing the sessions.