If women decided to not participate in Church ministry, or stopped coming to Church, the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church would collapse.
Sinkspur,
You wrote: "If women decided to not participate in Church ministry, or stopped coming to Church, the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church would collapse."
The Church is built upon the participation of Christ and the Holy Spirit more than the participation of either gender exclusive of the other. Feminists seem to forget that before the 1960's there were few if any women in what is commonly called "ministry" outside of hospitals or schools. Do you think the Church of the 1950's or before was anywhere near collapse? If you do believe so, then please let me know because I have some Florida swamp land I'd like to sell you.
Women are absolutely necessary for the life of the Church over the generations, but not in a public leadership capacity. Every child's first religion teacher is his mother, for instance. This does not mean that we need (or want) to have women in leadership positions in the Church. We never did before the 1960's and it seems to me that those 16 previous centuries were at least as glorious as the past few decades for the church (actually much more so).
When you can present evidence that the Church needs women in leadership positions for any other reason than to satisfy the mad ravings of feminists or ill-catechised women let me know.
Nonsense! It's the women who are driving men away.