Australian council in crisis after motions fail to get enough bishop votes
The agenda for the Second Assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council was disrupted July 6 after members staged a protest over issues regarding women in the church.
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by bcadmin | Jul 6, 2022 | Australia, Australian bishops, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, female ordination, News, Plenary Council, Women in the Church | 0 |
The agenda for the Second Assembly of Australia’s Plenary Council was disrupted July 6 after members staged a protest over issues regarding women in the church.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 1, 2022 | Catholic women, Church in the Americas, female ordination, lead, Mexico, News, Women in the Church | 0 |
Despite her short stature, Sister María Grazia Caputo, Representative of the Salesian International Institute Mary Help of Christians of the United Nations United Nations in Geneva and New York, has plenty of reasons to stand tall.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 29, 2021 | Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Church in the Americas, female ordination, Latin America, lead, News, pontifical commission for latin america | 0 |
Asked point blank if the lack of vocations to the priesthood could lead to the ordination of women, even if only to the deaconate, the prelate said that from a “doctrinal point of view” there are “no conclusions that open this door.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 26, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, female ordination, German bishops, Germany, News, women priests | 0 |
A German bishop who co-chairs the Synodal Path’s forum on priests said he is “skeptical” about exempting Catholic priests from celibacy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 24, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, female ordination, News, Phyllis Zagano, Vatican | 0 |
More than 40 years ago, then-Archbishop William Borders of Baltimore issued a pastoral letter signaling his intention to ask that the “official ministries” of lector and acolyte be opened to women.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2020 | Cardinal Cristobal Lopez, Cardinal Juan José Omella, Cardinal Pedro Barreto, Church in Europe, COVID-19, female ordination, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vida Nueva | 0 |
ROSARIO, Argentina – Three Spanish-born cardinals on Wednesday offered up their “red hats and cardinal rings” to any woman who wants to be a member of the Catholic Church’s most exclusive club. Yet, there’s a catch: they argue that there’s a need to rediscover the priesthood as Jesus perceived it,
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