To: AnAmericanMother; newgeezer
NOT so ... see again the late Pope John Paul II's letter Ordination Sacerdotalis, linked above. The matter of priestly celibacy IS, as you say, one of tradition and discipline.
9 posted on
06/08/2006 10:13:43 AM PDT by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard; newgeezer
Sorry . . . I seem to have a severe reading comprehension problem today . . .
. . . of course I was thinking of celibacy. Women's ordination is completely off my radar . . .
< smacks head on keyboard > . . . there, I feel better now.
47 posted on
06/08/2006 1:16:14 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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