”Pope Francis: a new era for women? All male Catholic Church leaders are part of an ancient system of male privilege created by misguided, theologically indefensible doctrines that were once propped up by bad science. This system is harming women around the world wherever they are and whether they are Catholic or not. Perpetuating a system that excludes women from sacramental ministry contributes to political, social and economic structures where leaders passively accept a spectrum that includes shocking levels of violence against women and girls, a worldwide sex slave trade, and inequality in the workplace and classroom. It is the same spectrum that recently motivated the tragic abduction of almost 300 Nigerian girls. All of these are indefensible human rights tragedies. Because of exclusion, the world’s largest organised faith community, the Roman Catholic Church is endorsing a tragic message about women’s place in the world. It’s time for change.”
Why the ban on discussion? Pope Francis, we need to know:
• If you have confidence in exclusion, why are we prohibited from talking about it? If the exclusion of women is justified because ‘it’s what Jesus wanted’, why do we read a very different message from Jesus?
• In 2010, the Vatican changed Church law so that the so-called crime of attempting to ordain a woman must now be considered as serious as priest paedophilia. This stretches beyond belief. Why are supporters of women priests pursued with more zeal than we have seen applied to those who tortured children with sex abuse?
• What is this teaching saying to young boys and girls?
• What pastoral help are you providing to women whose calls to priesthood are ignored?
• We want to know: ‘Why is so much time and money being dedicated to the control and punishment of those who dare challenge the exclusion of women?’
• Who are you really serving by excluding women priests?
• Why are some men of the Church so afraid of restoring women to equality?
// Irène
Ordinatio Sacerdotalis 20 år – inte ens helgon är felfria har vi nyligen fått lära oss ……
