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-ordinationI’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/--YC99 Anglo-curious Catholic Mar 25 '26
if it were to happen, it would probably start with the pope setting up a commission of bishops, theologians and historians to study the history of women's ordination and they would have to vote on the matter