This just in from the Kansas City Star: Women's Ordination on the horizon!
This morning I was driving into the See city of our fair diocese and my mobile phone rang. It was a priest friend - a seminary classmate from a large midwestern Archdiocese. He was "infuriated" - in fact, that is the word he used: infuriated - about an article he was reading from the Kansas City Star. To be sure, it was pretty incredible to hear him read it, especially the following quote:
... I still think Pope Benedict XVI is moving toward ordaining Catholic women.
Three times in the last year or so, the pope’s comments leaned in that direction. The telltale words are
“governance” and “ministry.” Each is technically reserved to the ordained.
In the flood of ideas coming from the scholar-pope, the theme of charity stands out. Would a pope turning 80 on
April 16 ordain women to minister in charity?
A whole lot of speculation has gone into this article - and much of it premised on an incorrect interpretation of history within the church. I don't have a great deal of time to fisk the article. But I post it for your comments!
http://www.kansascity.com/255/story/75317.html
... I still think Pope Benedict XVI is moving toward ordaining Catholic women.
Three times in the last year or so, the pope’s comments leaned in that direction. The telltale words are
“governance” and “ministry.” Each is technically reserved to the ordained.
In the flood of ideas coming from the scholar-pope, the theme of charity stands out. Would a pope turning 80 on
April 16 ordain women to minister in charity?
A whole lot of speculation has gone into this article - and much of it premised on an incorrect interpretation of history within the church. I don't have a great deal of time to fisk the article. But I post it for your comments!
http://www.kansascity.com/255/story/75317.html
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