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6 LG, no. 8. 7 LG, no. 8. 8 CCC, no. 1533.

9 St. John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation TheVocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in theWorld (Christifideles Laici) (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1988), no. 32, citing Acts 1:8.

10 BNFPD, no. 5. 11 CCC, no. 1536. 12 St. John Paul II, Christifideles Laici , no. 22. See LG, no. 24. 13 LG, no. 28. 14 St. John Paul II, Christifideles Laici , no. 22. 15 Pope Francis, Homily for the Jubilee of Deacons (May 29, 2016). 16 CCC, no. 1554. 17 LG, no. 7. 18 CCC, no. 1570.

19 St. John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation The Church in America (Ecclesia in America) (January 22, 1999) (Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1999), no. 42, citing LG, no. 29. 20 DMLPD, no. 1. See CIC, c. 1008; Pope Benedict XVI, Omnium in Mentem (October 26, 2009). 21 DMLPD, no. 23. 22 St. John Paul II, General Audience “Deacons Have Many Pastoral Functions” (October 13, 1993), no. 1, citing Hippolytus, Apostolic Tradition . 23 St. John Paul II, “Deacons Have Many Pastoral Functions,” no. 5, citing St. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio Sacrum Diaconatus Ordinem (June 18, 1967), no. 22, www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/motu_proprio/documents/hf_p-vi_motu proprio_19670618_sacrum-diaconatus.html . 24 St. John Paul II, General Audience “Deacons Serve the Kingdom of God” (October 5, 1993), no. 6. 25 DMLPD, no. 26. 26 See BNFPD, no. 7. 27 BNFPD, no. 9. 28 CIC, c. 764: “Without prejudice to the prescript of can. 765, presbyters and deacons possess the faculty of preaching everywhere; this faculty is to be exercised with at least the presumed consent of the rector of the church, unless the competent authority has restricted or taken away the faculty or particular law requires express permission.” 29 See BNFPD, no. 86.To offer psychological counseling, the deacon must receive training in accord with professional standards.