It is a question of tradition, of an alleged attitude of Jesus Christ, or even of the practice of the apostles. The Church “cannot do what it wants”.
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And does this have anything to do with the title of this article? He has. In the original article in The Guardian, Pippa appears as “the priest”.
How to translate this? There are no female priests in the Catholic Church.
And there is no reason why? The Catholic Church repeats that it cannot ordain women as priestesses. For several reasons.
In summary: the tradition of the Church, the attitude of Jesus Christ (he did not call any woman to the group of apostles) and the practice of the apostles who always remained faithful to “the attitude of Jesus”.
The last word on the matter was from John Paul II. A 1994 apostolic letter, the , warns that the decision to keep women out “must be considered definitive by all the faithful of the Church”.
“Priestly ordination, by which the mission that Christ entrusted to his Apostles is transmitted, to teach, sanctify and govern the faithful, was in the Catholic Church, from the beginning and always, exclusively reserved to men. This tradition was faithfully maintained also by the Eastern Churches”, reads at the beginning of the document.
And yes, “from the beginning”. It was always like this in the Catholic Church. There were never women in the “level” of priests. And in fact, until a few years ago, this tradition was never challenged. At least you could see it.
And Father Jacinto Farias, theologian and professor at the Catholic University, warned that the Church cannot change anything. Men cannot change anything: “It is not in our power, it does not depend on the Pope. It is God’s will. Jesus chose men, he did not choose women.
It was even commented that, given Pope Francis’s reformist stance, this could be changed. It wasn’t.
