Title: Why Can't Women Be Priests? | Catholic Answers
Headings: Why Can’t Women Be Priests?
Why Can’t Women Be Priests?
2. Wouldn’t ordaining women take care of the vocations crisis?
4. Didn’t the early Christians ordain women?
5. But isn’t it possible that the Church could come around on this issue?

Content: Specifically, the Church is unable to change the substance of a sacrament. For example, a person cannot be baptized in wine, nor may a substance other than bread be used for the consecration at Mass. If invalid matter is used, then the sacrament does not take place. Likewise, since the priest acts in the person of Christ, the Church has no authority to confer the sacrament on those who are unable to represent the male Jesus Christ. 2. Wouldn’t ordaining women take care of the vocations crisis? If the Church allowed the ordination of women, there could very well be more ordinations that take place. However, these wouldn’t aid the Church because the ordinations wouldn’t be valid. So, invalid ordinations are not the solution to the “vocations crisis” that we hear so much about. But is there a crisis at all? In so many words, the Vatican has declared that the vocations crisis is over.