Spanish cardinals offer their red hats to women... zucchetto an illusion

Crux ^ | June 25, 2020 | Inés San Martín

[Marchmain]

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, saying “it’s about service, not power.”

“Women, like men, have to rediscover baptism and the dignity of being children of God that the baptism gives us,” said Cardinal Cristobal Lopez, archbishop of Rabat. “Our joy is not in being bishops or cardinals, ordained or not. Our joy must come from being children of God.”

“I place my cardinal’s zucchetto, my cardinal’s ring and my red cassock to the woman who wants to wear them because this give her an illusion,” he continued. “But know this: It won’t add anything to who they are. If they want to be fulfilled, it’s enough with them being women and being Christian.” (more at link)

[Marchmain]

(clip) Echoing Pope Francis, Lopez argued in favor of a change in the Church’s ecclesiology, to remind Catholics that “we are God’s people and in that being the people of God we all have the same dignity.”

[Secret Agent Man]

so much insanity today

the days of noah are here

[dfwgator]

Well I wasn’t expecting a Spanish Inquisition.

[ClearCase_guy]

Their chief fashion accessory is a cardinal’s zucchetto.

A cardinal’s zucchetto, and a cardinal’s ring.

Their two chief fashion accessories are a cardinal’s zucchetto, and a cardinal’s ring.

And a nice red cassock.

Amongst their fashion accessories are such diverse elements as a cardinal’s zucchetto, a cardinal’s ring and a nice red cassock.

[I want the USA back]

One has to wonder about a bunch that loves strutting around in womens’ clothing and red shoes.

[dp0622]

Well then I better get as many kicks as I can before it arrives! :)

Gotta find that girl’s number...

[Magnum44]

They offered their red hats?

[Retrofitted]

Can somebody tell me what the big deal is? I'm missing it. To me, he's telling women seeking the priesthood because they need it to feel "complete" to forget it: "But know this: It won’t add anything to who they are. If they want to be fulfilled, it’s enough with them being women and being Christian.”

[T.B. Yoits]

I missed which one of the twelve (thirteen with Judas’s replacement) Apostles were women.