Ugh! Most Catholics have a limited religious education. Imagine those outside the church! In my capacity as Director for Religious Education at our small parish, I am often approached by pew sitters who wish to express their opinions on how the church can improve. Today, it was a grandfather lamenting the lack of seminarians to meet the needs of the church. When I pointed out that Catholics are having fewer children and encouraging their sons to marry and have children, this grandfather’s response was that the church should ordain women. I’ll spare you the commentary ... it ended with me advising grandpa to read the Catechism of the Catholic Church and learn his faith.
This was nauseating...and stupid. Kristof should be embarrassed. This garbage, ranging from the “deaconesses” to Mary Magdalen to the Gnostics, was all the rage in the 1970s and early 1980s (before Ratzinger got control of any offices, I suspect!) and was disproved and ridiculed 30-40 years ago.
But I guess sounding like a stupid leftist chick from 1974 doesn’t bother Kristoff.
In any case, it does reveal one thing: the structure of the Church is very important, and even though the attackers are obviously dumb as posts, they realize this, and are now turning their assaults towards the structure itself.
Divide and conquer - it’s what the the Left DOES.
Even when it means they sound like idiots.
In fact, ESPECIALLY when it means they sound like idiots, because then you prove your LOYALTY by accepting the idiocy.
What business is it of these SOB’s what Catholics believe. Nobody is forcing them to belong.
Same way with Nuns who want to be Priests. Go somewhere else.
If you dont like the rules Leave, and take your friggin football with you.
The Church will never compete with the Rotary club.
You forgot the barf alert. But then again anything with NY Times mentioned, I guess it goes without saying.