As a Catholic and also a Pennsylvanian I am concerned with the traditions of the church. We have in place guidelines that have been handed down from century to century and have allowed us to focus on church teachings. We do not, as seems to be happening in other churches, change the rules and alter the meaning of the bible to feel good or to build up a congregation.
The Bible never changes and is authoritative. We agree upon that. But the question that must be asked is WHY is the Bible unchangeable and authoritative?
This is not a matter of equality. You have to understand that no one has the right to be ordained in the Catholic Church. It is not a right, therefore it is not about anyone being better than anyone else, male or female.
You would only become the Westboro Baptist Church if you ignore one of the two great commandments: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
I find that interesting that you would mention the ‘Westboro Baptist Church’. Didn’t their members actually protest the buriaI of a soldier simply because they objected to the federal ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy which the soldier nor his family had anything to do with?
I am glad she is happy in her ministry. I wish her many happy years ministering to others.
And I’m praying for a time when you embrace the Catholic faith and not your own version.I am glad she is happy in her ministry. I wish her many happy years ministering to others.
I am praying for a time when she will be welcomed with open arms to the RCC in her current capacity. It will be great for all included.
I guess I’m more concerned about what is best for her than what makes her “happy”.I am glad she is happy in her ministry. I wish her many happy years ministering to others.
I am praying for a time when she will be welcomed with open arms to the RCC in her current capacity. It will be great for all included.
Ministering to whom might I ask? She will not be able to give communion under the auspices of the true Catholic Church.I am glad she is happy in her ministry. I wish her many happy years ministering to others.
Correct. Living up to the teachings of the Church is difficult, leaving is easy. There are plenty of non-Catholic denominations that “ordain” women. (Most have been reduced to theological piles of rubble, but that is another thread.) You would think that the demands of the proggie value of “diversity” would encourge the existence of one church that didn’t ordain woman, but smelling what they shovel has never been one of their strong suits.
The “true” Catholic Church?
The only one who knows what “true” really means is on another spiritual plane.The trouble is, she may be misrepresenting herself as a “Catholic priestess” and misleading those who are either unfamiliar with the Catholic church, or have been poorly catechised. These might believe that they are receiving the body and blood of our Lord, when, in fact, they are not. I don’t doubt that this woman possesses many gifts that would make her a good lay minister. But that should be her role, not some watered down version of priesthood.The “true” Catholic Church?
Officially she is excommunicated (see first page), as much as the Bishop did not want to do that to her as she has so many useful gifts. Yet it was done in a very compassionate way.
Ministering to whomever she comes in contact with. She is still the same person inside with many, many spiritual gifts to give others. While Canon Law makes official distinctions on gender, what comes out in day to day ministry is genderless. What she will be able to give spiritually to others in her chosen role is no different than any officially ordained person. Gender is only a state of mind when it comes to compassionate ministry towards others.
This is so true. What this woman and the posters here who agree with her seem to forget is the fact they are leading people AWAY from the Church.
Did you go to Pontius Pilate School of Theology?The “true” Catholic Church?
The true church as far as Catholics see it is the ‘Apostolic Catholic Church’ not some off-shoot who calls themselves catholic which to me is simply a sect. And it was Jesus Himself whose abode ‘is on another spiritual plane’ who gave us His church through Peter and the Popes to follow.The “true” Catholic Church?
Officially she is excommunicated (see first page), as much as the Bishop did not want to do that to her as she has so many useful gifts. Yet it was done in a very compassionate way.
Ministering to whomever she comes in contact with. She is still the same person inside with many, many spiritual gifts to give others. While Canon Law makes official distinctions on gender, what comes out in day to day ministry is genderless. What she will be able to give spiritually to others in her chosen role is no different than any officially ordained person. Gender is only a state of mind when it comes to compassionate ministry towards others.
Don’t you dare make stupid comments against Pope John Paul I. Pope John Paul I is correct in what he says in an absolute sense. You are thinking of it purely on a physical level. Why is that man and woman become ‘one’ when they marry, there is a deeper thing there examined thoroughly by Pope John Paul II in Theology of the Body.