Title: Why Can't the Church Ordain Women?
Headings: WHY CAN'T THE CHURCH ORDAIN WOMEN?
WHY CAN'T THE CHURCH ORDAIN WOMEN?
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Content: In 1977, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released its Declaration of on the Question of the Admission of Women to the Ministerial Priesthood (Inter Insignores). This document, which rejected the idea that women could be priests, also stated that "the Scholastic doctors, in their desire to clarify by reason the data of faith, often present arguments on this point (women's ordination) that modern thought would have difficulty in admitting or would even rightly reject" (2). This is a clear reference to any argument which would posit some alleged "female inferiority"! Finally, consider all the liturgical roles which the Church has opened to women and girls in the past few decades. Many Catholic parishes currently have female readers, special ministers of the Eucharist, parish coordinators, even altar servers. The pope permitted the latter despite the strong protests of many traditionalists. The Church has done much to include women in the liturgy, even at the risk of angering and losing many of her members! Why then does she not also ordain women to the ministerial priesthood? Return To Top
So Why No Women Priests? The simple reason is that she just cannot do it, as her documents clearly state.