Comments on: Vatican Dashes Hopes For Female Priests

Warns That Women Taking Part In Ordinations Will Be Excommunicated

[thisandthat1]

How can women be Priests? In order to qualify, you have to be a sexual deviant man who likes to abuse 12 yr old boys.

[galloglaigh]

I agree that women should not be ordained.
Posted by deacon20081 at 05:36 PM : May 30, 2008


From your login name, I can understand why you would think and say that.

However, religions of all kinds have suppressed women''s rights and treated them as inferiors since day one. The christian religion is no different.

It''s ironic that, in this country, freed slaves were given the right to vote long before women.

Freed slaves were GIVEN the right to vote but women had to FIGHT for theirs.

[sandy19731]

Unlike to Protestant churches where deacons are "elders and helpers" Permanant Deacon''''''''s are Ordained Clergy and we are ministers. I agree that women should not be ordained. As for the "independant catholic church" or "womenpriests" they are simply wrong to believe that the Church will accept Openly Gay men and Lesbians they ordain. The majority of these people were refused Holy Orders in the Roman Catholic Church for numerous reasons and validly so.

Posted by deacon20081 at 05:36 PM : May 30, 2008

So, are you married?

[snapper4298]

It all boils down to women being considered harlots and temptresses and all that garbage. In reality, it''s the old boys club trying to keep women in their place as 2nd class citizens.

When it comes to religion it''s irrelevant. In politics it''s dangerous. Look at Saudi Arabia.
Women are not even allowed to drive.

Yeah, I know we can joke, and believe me my wife''s driving is funny. But this is serious. The Roman Catholic church is acerbating medieval views. Such views have no place in modern America.

[snapper4298]

Just because something is traditional it doesn''t mean it''s right. What''s the difference between tradition and law?

I have serious suspicions about men who only want to interact with men. It goes beyond misogyny. It''s highly questionable, creepy behavior.

I tend to find that if women aren''t invited, it aint no fun.

[edjansen7]

Clearly, the (Roman) Catholic Church is changing even while it reasserts its changelessness. But static resistance is a far cry from the dynamism of the early church. Prisca, Lydia, Thecla, Phoebe, and hundreds of women like them opened house churches, walked as disciples of Paul, "constrained him," the scripture says, to serve a given region, instructed people in the faith, and ministered to the fledgling Christian communities with no apology, no argument, and no tricky theological shell games about whether they were ministering in persona Christi or in nomini Christi.

%u2026The church must not only preach the gospel; it must be what it says. It must demonstrate what it teaches. It must be judged by its own standards.
%u2026As John XXIII says in "Pacem in Terris," "Whenever people discover that they have rights, they have the responsibility to claim them." And Proverbs teaches clearly, "If the people will lead, the leaders will eventually follow." Therefore, what must we do now as priestly people? We must take responsibility. We must take back the church. We must lead leaders to the fullness of Christian life! Joan Chittister, OSB

[ringading3]

I am proud of the Roman Catholic Church, and these "very proud" women have left the Church. Don''t be deceived by their words. All true Catholics acknowledge the leadership of Peter''s successor.

[soldat44]

Women are simply not equipped to "liberate" altar-boys.

Posted by FeelFree4U at 07:26 PM : May 30, 2008

Don''t give up your day job.

[soldat44]

Unlike to Protestant churches where deacons are "elders and helpers" Permanant Deacon''''s are Ordained Clergy and we are ministers. I agree that women should not be ordained. As for the "independant catholic church" or "womenpriests" they are simply wrong to believe that the Church will accept Openly Gay men and Lesbians they ordain. The majority of these people were refused Holy Orders in the Roman Catholic Church for numerous reasons and validly so.

Posted by deacon20081 at 05:36 PM : May 30, 2008

My apologies Deacon for mis-reading your comments. i guess I have read so many hateful comments that I failed to read yours more closely.

Once again, I sincerely apologize. Peace be with you.

[jamurphy4]

Just stop going to church for a few weeks, and watch good old Popey change his mind.. Money talks, and ANY church is first in line to make any change if the price is right..