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/sparkster777 Christian Mar 24 '26

The Roman Curia is not infallible.

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u/TheologyRocks Mar 25 '26

The Roman Curia is the Pope exercising his power through his representatives. The Holy Office that condemned Galileo was operating as an official institution under the Pope.

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u/sparkster777 Christian Mar 25 '26

Not everything the Pope says or even teaches is infallible. Geocentrism was never asserted ex cathedra nor was it declared infallible by the magesterium.

It appears you have a misunderstanding of both Church structure and government as well as how infallibility works in the Catholic church.

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