Enough said.
Posted on 02/07/2017 7:40:32 PM PST by marshmallow
On August 2, 2016, Pope Francis instituted a commission to study the history of the female diaconate, for the purpose of its possible restoration. And some have seen this as a first step toward priesthood for women, in spite of the fact that Francis himself seems to have ruled it out absolutely, responding as follows to a question on the return flight from his journey to Sweden last November 1 (in the photo, his embrace with Swedish Lutheran archbishop Antje Jackelen):
"For the ordination of women in the Catholic Church, the last clear word was given by Saint John Paul II, and this holds."
But to read the latest issue of “La Civiltà Cattolica,” the question of women priests appears to be anything but closed. On the contrary, wide open.
“La Civiltà Cattolica” is not just any magazine. By statute, every line of it is printed after inspection by the Holy See. But in addition there is the very close confidential relationship between Jorge Mario Bergoglio and the magazine’s editor, the Jesuit Antonio Spadaro.
Who in turn has his most trusted colleague in deputy editor Giancarlo Pani, he too a Jesuit like all the writers of the magazine.
So then, in the article with his byline that appears in the latest issue of “La Civiltà Cattolica,” Fr. Pani calmly rips to shreds the “last clear word” - meaning the flat no - that John Paul II spoke against women’s priesthood.
To see how, all it takes is to reread this passage of the article, properly speaking dedicated to the question of women priests, but taking the cue from there to express hopes for women priests as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it ...
Catholic ping!
The issue is solved...the Pope does not have the authority to chane the rule.....period.
Women priest will not happen in the Catholic Church.
Love your Glee.I misjudged you.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Italy is soon rocked by more earthquakes.
Enough said.
GHACK!
Sadly I do not share your confidence. It is entirely possible BXVI’s prediction of a smaller more vibrant Church will come to pass when the apostates currently in power in Rome go too far, maybe on women priests, and we traditionalists leave.
That depends, is he a Pope first or a Jesuit first?
And that document was issued infallibly, according to a dubium submitted to JPII that he had Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict) respond to.
Bookmark.
He’s a drooling South American Marxist first.
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