[ArrogantBustard]

1) Theological reasons for not ordaining women are laid out in Pope John Paul II's (infallibly declared) encyclical Ordinatio Sacerdotalis. If you haven't read it, you might consider doing so.

2) In my own personal opinion, the best practical argument against ordaining women is to be found in the character of the women most loudly clamouring for ordination. They appear to see the priesthood exclusively in terms of power and authority, rather than service and sacrifice.

[TraditionalistMommy]

If character is the issue, you’re standing on very shaky ground, considering the shocking number of male priests who have sexually abused CHILDREN in recent decades. Do you think they saw the priesthood in terms of service and sacrifice?

Your sweeping generalization about women you see as “clamouring for ordination” is especially weak in this context.

If women were eligible, then perhaps we would have sufficient qualified, decent applicants for the priesthood to actually achieve a majority of priests interested in service and sacrifice. At the moment, it’s slim pickin’s.