Obviously those who support the idea that women should be allowed to be priestesses say that men and women are equal therefore women have to right to be ordained. However, no one has the right to be ordained. The Catholic Catechism states that “no one has the right to receive the sacrament of Holy Orders”, but that they are “called to it by God” (paragraph 1578 of the Catholic Catechism). No woman is called to be a priestess by God, so if she thinks that she is then she is mistaken. It may be another field service to which the Lord calls her to. Now this does not mean that men and women are unequal, but it means that they can not always perform the same tasks.
Furthermore, it has no basis in Christian tradition. For the Catholic Church, which is the oldest modern Church, has never ordained women as priestesses. It was not until the early 1800’s that the Quakers began to ordain women as priestesses. Thus history itself discredits the authenticity of having a woman priesthood. It does not have any support of Christian tradition. Also, Saint Paul says in his letter to Timothy “I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent” and in his first letter to the Corinthians he stated that “the women should keep silence in the churches” and “they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, even as the law says” (1 Timothy 2:12 and 1 Corinthians 14:34-35). Therefore all Christians should keep to the words of Saint Paul. If the law says that women have no authority over men in the Church then it is plain that a woman priesthood is not possible. It is made abundantly clear through Christian tradition and through the saints that women can not become priestesses.
Finally, God has never chosen women to be priestesses. All of the priests of the covenant of Moses were male. One can not say logically that people just did not approve of priestesses during that day because most if not all of the pagan religions of the period had priestesses. All twelve of the Apostles were men; however, Mary Magdalene was chosen by Christ to appear to the first and for her to tell his brethren that he is risen. If Jesus wanted to have women in the priesthood then he would have chosen a woman to be one of the apostles. He could have chosen Mary his mother or Mary Magdalene to be one of his apostles. God could have chosen a full woman priesthood or a male and female priesthood, but he did not; thus it is abundantly apparent that God did not and does not want female priestesses.
Women should not and can not be priestesses because it has no basis in any fashion. God has not chosen women to be his priestesses. More importantly he has made it abundantly clear by tradition, and scripture that they should not be priestesses. Though God calls women to serve him, they are not called to be priestesses, but to serve Him in many other extremely important ways.
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