Why can't there be Mother and only Fathers

[Godisfirst]

I am currently in RCIA and I was wondering at Mass when your Father conducts the order of mass why can’t a Mother conduct Mass?

 

[Wesrock]

Only men can receive the sacrament of holy orders. The Church does not have the authority to ordain women.

Pope John Paul II wrote about the Church’s position in Ordinatio Sarcerdotalis, which can be read in English here: Ordinatio Sacerdotalis (May 22, 1994) | John Paul II

 

[Wesrock]

It’s briefly touched upon in the Catechism of the Catholic Church as well in the section on the sacrament of holy ordes.

1577 “Only a baptized man (vir) validly receives sacred ordination.” The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry. The college of bishops, with whom the priests are united in the priesthood, makes the college of the twelve an ever-present and ever-active reality until Christ’s return. the Church recognizes herself to be bound by this choice made by the Lord himself. For this reason the ordination of women is not possible.

1578 No one has a right to receive the sacrament of Holy Orders. Indeed no one claims this office for himself; he is called to it by God. Anyone who thinks he recognizes the signs of God’s call to the ordained ministry must humbly submit his desire to the authority of the Church, who has the responsibility and right to call someone to receive orders. Like every grace this sacrament can be received only as an unmerited gift.

 

[CTBcin]

Is this a women’s ordination question? If so, it’s being asked in a weird way. “Fr.” Is simply a title for a priest. The closest thing Catholicism gets to “Mother” is the title of a mother superior of a religious order, and women religious aren’t priests.