[sinkspur]

A person who supports the ordination of women, in the face of infallible teaching which shows it to be impossible, is not a Catholic.

I wouldn't say that.

There are hierarchies of dogma in the Catholic Church, and the "teaching" on women's ordination is at the bottom of the stack.

While women cannot be ordained, those who favor ordination of women as some part of the solution to the shortage of priests are still part of the Catholic Church.

Knotts, women's ordination is not on a par with the Trinity or abortion. Let's not get carried away here.

[BigSkyFreeper]

JPII's admiration of the lifework of St. Faustina and Mother Teresa are enough for this non-Catholic as to how the Catholic Church has embraced the importance of women.

[longtermmemmory]

Respectfully, I would see the Catholic Church adopt a "priests can be married" policy similar to the Orthodox Church. This is where a man who IS already married can take the final vows for priesthood. (if he becomese widowed he can not be remarried)

They would do this before any more radical moves for more priests. This is just an opinion and worth only as a speculation.

[B Knotts]

Well, I guess we're all entitled to our opinions.

We can certainly agree that anyone who attempts to ordain women is not Catholic, since they incur a latae sententiae excommunication.

I'm just getting cranky from all the liberal media whining about the Pope not ordaining women. It's a settled matter, and they ought to just shut up about it, already.

[B Knotts]

Also, scare quotes notwithstanding, the impossibility of the ordination of women is indeed a teaching.

It was infallibly taught in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis. This was confirmed by the Curia.

Women's Ordination: It's Infallible

Game over.