Should women become popes?

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Ladies. Do you think that women should be ordained as priests? Should they be bishops or popes? Why and why not?
Do you personally see yourself serving in such a capacity?
Just wondering.
 
Nope. Only men can be ordained as a priest, because of the nature of a priest’s duties. If I understand correctly, the Pope doesn’t technically HAVE to be a priest, so I guess it’s theoretically possible for a woman to fill that role, but I don’t really think it will ever happen nor do I think there is any compelling reason why it should. I DO think the Church could and should benefit from more non-clerical administration in non-liturgical matters, but from lay men and lay women.
 
It is said there was a female Pope, discovered to be female when on Procession, she went into labour. Pope Joan.
Did this happen? The story has persisted for centuries.
 
I will grant you E for Effort in stepping up the game from the usual should women be priests thread. 🙂

I have plenty of opportunities in The Church, what with leading Bible Study, ministering to those in need (hospital, shut ins, homeless, etc), and other opportunities. I have a beautiful role model (Mary) and an important place in things. Christ set up the Church the way he did for good reason. I will happily follow His lead.

P.S. there are plenty of should women be priests threads to look up on the forum.

Peace,
 
Yes. Of course. I was soliciting opinion more than rule interpretation. The main reason is that once upon a time I had a friend (female) who was very serious about becoming a priest and made efforts to achieve this goal. This was during the first phase of feminism, so the idea at that time was fairly novel, at least to me.

As a man, I never felt the need to become a priest. Most men probable don’t. So, I am just wondering about what CAF’s position is.
 
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Since it has been infallibly defined that women cannot be priests, it is not a matter of what I think.

This is a pointless question. There is no should or shouldn’t. It’s a matter of can’t. Pope St John Paul II closed this discussion 25 years ago, so why are we still talking about it?
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It isn’t a rule. It’s a doctrine of the church.
 
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It is a rhetorical question. After 1000 years or less, depending on approximate dates, we cannot apply a verdict of true/false with any accuracy or precision.
 
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After 1000 years or less, depending on approximate dates, we cannot apply a verdict of true/false with any accuracy or precision.
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Uh, yes we can. There has never been a female pope. Because women can’t be priests, and therefore can’t be bishops.
 
Allegra said:
If I understand correctly, the Pope doesn’t technically HAVE to be a priest, so I guess it’s theoretically possible for a woman to fill that role,
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The Pope is the bishop of Rome and absolutley must be ordained.

You might be thinking of cardinals, which currently by church law do have to be bishops, but don’t have to be clerics in theory because “cardinal” is not a degree of holy orders.
 
As the story goes, Joan passed herself off as male, was educated, highly intelligent, held high office, was promoted through the ranks of the Catholic Church, then elected Pope. All while everyone thought she was a he.
This occurred in 855.
We have Joan of Arc passing herself off as male for several reasons while on campaign.

Your argument is relevant to the initial question, although not to this situation.
 
Not a question as to what I ‘think’, it’s a question as to what really exists.

I mean personally, I think that I should be made Queen of England, but it’s not going to happen, because there already is a Queen of England, and I am not ‘in the running’ nor can I ever be.

So asking any Catholic “should women become priests or popes” is meaningless. Women cannot become priests, bishops, or popes, because the Church has no power to ordain women.

You might as well ask if men should become briefcases. They can’t, it’s impossible. There is no power that can make a man into a briefcase (and I mean even if you somehow killed and skinned a guy and used his body parts etc., the man is then dead, no longer 'a man.")

There is no problem intrinsically with ‘what if’ questions or questions that ask people ‘what they think’, (even if the question, like this one, is meaningless) because hey, I’m telling you what I think, right? Just as entitled to speak something (which happens to be the Truth with a capital T) as somebody is who goes on to say, (albeit incorrectly), “Why yes, of course they should, it’s only fair”. Of course, Truth is more helpful in the long run, but wrong answers lead to long threads.
 
I’m glad you said ‘story’ because this ‘story’ never happened. Not in the 9th century. Not ever. --I refer to the so-called story of"Pope Joan" of course, not Joan of Arc, who dressed as a male for comfort and safety.
 
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I agree with Stephie, I think you should just read any one of the dozens of past threads on this subject. No point in pressing the hot button for the 100th time.
 
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