Women Priests?!

[Tsuwano]

I’m fairly certain the Bishops involved where these little dramas happen have made the appropriate pastoral responses (which would be out of the public eye, so you and I wouldn’t be privy). I know I’ve seen numerous public statements from various Bishops condemning these faux-ordinations, which usually means that the private correspondence was ignored and now the Bishop must go public to protect the faithful.

Well, when you do something ridiculous, you invite ridicule.

Yes, that may be true, but it’s not a pastoral response.

 

[Cristiano]

Yes, that may be true, but it’s not a pastoral response.

I think that a one point pastoral response has to be tough love. I think that women that reach the point of seeking “ordination” have made their assessment long time ago, and the “ordination” is one of the final steps in willful detachment from the Church.

I completely agree with your first post that first and foremost the Church must assess the situation to prevent these kind of issues. However, I am afraid that the Church is also comprised of some people (lay and ordained) that do not want to make the pastoral effort because deep down they are looking to support priesthood for women or they are looking for a hard confrontation against it.