Catholic newspaper calls for ordination of women. I agree.. End the religious sexism....

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By Agence France-Presse
Monday, December 3, 2012 18:07 EST

An independent Roman Catholic newspaper in the United States called Monday for a campaign to reverse the Vatican’s refusal to allow women to become priests.

“Barring women from ordination to the priesthood is an injustice that cannot be allowed to stand,” the National Catholic Reporter said, waving a red flag in front of the Vatican over one of its most strongly held teachings.

The call to the priesthood “is a gift from God,” it said, and excluding women from responding to that call “has no strong basis in Scripture or any other compelling rationale.”


With bishops and theologians on record as opposing women’s ordination, the Missouri-based biweekly — a respected voice of the Church’s reformist wing — said it now fell upon the faith’s rank and file to press for change.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/03/catholic-newspaper-calls-for-ordination-of-women/

[hrmjustin]

1. We in the Episcopal Chirch have been ordaining women to be priests and deacons since the 70's

We have been ordaining women to be bishops since the 80's. The World Wide Anglican Communion which we are members and the Church of England is the mother church needs to make this uniform. The Roman Catholic Church needs to do this to, and the bishop of Rome needs to lead on this.

[TexasProgresive]

2. A link to the National Catholic Reporter editorial

http://ncronline.org/news/people/editorial-ordination-women-would-correct-injustice

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5. Thanks...

[caraher]

3. Well, I know what my more-Catholic-than-thou mother would say

I've sent her stuff from NCR before and she considers them a bunch of radicals who hate the church and not Catholic at all. Unfortunately for the Catholic church, the dynamic these days is for the conservatives to circle the wagons against any kind of change and drive away everyone else.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. amen!!