Vatican Rules: Ordaining Women Priests a Crime Like Sex Abuse of Children

I'm as moderate conservative as they come..this goes from inane to arcane...

If the catholic church feels that ordaining women as priests is as bad or just abote as bad a sin as the priest molesting children,then there are probably thousands of ordained women as priest.Its just a problem finding where they were all transfered to or hidden by the cardinals or the pope.But if the catholic church thinks this is as bad as molesting young children and insted of admitting they have a problem just transfer them somewhere else.The catholic church has problems beyond repair

I am often baffled by people's insistence that the Catholic Church change it's policies. If you want to attend a Christian church that ordains women, there are plenty of other denominations that do. Why not just attend one of those churches?

Why do people always feel the need to change other people's beliefs?

"We live your lives expecting the whole world to be carpeted for us. Why not just wear a pair of slippers?". - Stuart Smalley

Wasn't it a woman (Mary Magdalen) that Christ appeared to first after His crucifixion? There has been a steady diminution of women's stature and work in the Catholic Church. I was raised in a Catholic Orphanage and two people stand out in my life; one a Sister and one a Priest. By far, the Sister was more educated and professional but had to defer to the Priests and even the Brothers (Xvarian). The Sisters talked a lot about Hell; the Brothers not so much and the Priests (Jesuits) said Hell is a state of mind! The Catholic hierarchy unduly creates a 'hellish' state of mind not conducive to the prayerful love of Christ and respect for all; that's all, people. I drink to my conscience then i drink to the Pope! Common sense should rule not talking male heads.

God said to Eve: " Your desire shall be for your husband and he shall rule over you". Man was created in God's image, woman was created for man. Women are to be "silent" in church, therefore no woman may be ordained. I know it offends our western beliefs of gender equality but those are the facts. We can choose to believe God's word or we can do as we please and die. I choose the former, even if I don't fully understand it.

The Vatican is shamelessly displaying its long-running contempt for women. They sound creepily similar to some of the Islamic clerics who also trumpet their hatred of women. Organized religion has significantly distorted divine truth. This has been confirmed by research with thousands of people who have had near-death experiences and who have had direct encounters with the Creator.

I don't understand how a mortal...a human being...has the right to speak for God and change laws at will. If you believe in the bible, that should be IT from the beginning of life to the end and NOT according to what the Pope decides is wrong one day and okay the next, so-to-speak.

Perhaps the Church in Rome is hoping to attract disaffected Anglicans with this policy?

As a former Roman Catholic, now Episcopalian, I find the Roman church to be behind the times on many issues: the ordination of women being one of them. The Roman church is far to politicized into its empire to accept change. The molestations by many of its priests are the result of the "clique" run by males. It's no wonder, it as a church is losing young people all over.

The Vatican persists in aggrandizing men and demeaning women.

Too bad they don't talk to modern psychologists about how effective emotionally healthy and consistent paternal engagement & care is in giving a child (of either sex) self esteem that protects them from letting themselves be abused. (I.e,.not priestly "fathers" but the child's real father.) See Kyle Pruett's books.