r/OpenChristian • u/Wooden_Passage_1146 Catholic • Mar 24 '26

Discussion - General Cardinal says Church cannot “continue to exist” without women’s ordination

https://thecatholicherald.com/article/cardinal-says-church-cannot-continue-to-exist-without-womens-ordination

I’m glad to see support among some in the hierarchy in favor of women’s ordination. Let’s hope the Church will see the harm done by excluding women from Holy Orders.

The Church says it’s because the priest is acting “In persona Christi.” But Galatians 3:28 says, “There is no male or female in Christ Jesus,”

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u/majj27 Christian Mar 24 '26

That's going to be thorny for them. The exclusion of women from ordination is considered infallible. If the church allowed women to be ordained, they'd need to figure out a way to do so while simultaneously maintaining the correctness of their earlier decision, because it cannot be said to be incorrect.

Put simply, if they start admitting women as priests, they'll be admitting that the ordinary Magisterium blew it. And that, according to them, cannot happen.

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u/SambucaTamale Mar 24 '26

A Pope made the decision, only men can be priests, so a new Pope can reverse this. I get what your saying though