[CodeToad]

I never understood why the Catholic church felt women didn’t belong in positions of preaching the gospels.

[verga]

I never understood why the Catholic church felt women didn’t belong in positions of preaching the gospels.

1 Corinthians 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

I believe that you all still left that in your bibles.

You are also aware that Jesus (God) only chose men as his apostles and the priests and bishops are the successors to them.

[Mrs. Don-o]

It depends wha you mean by "preaching the Gospel." If you mean giving the homily at Mass, no: it's because we do not have (and never will have) ordained female clergy a.k.a. priestesses.

If you mean "public reading and teaching about the Gospel in schools, in talks, in speaking engagements, teaching at every level, Scripture scholars and theologians in Universities, using print, broadcast or digital media" etc. --- then of course women can proclaim and preach the Gospel.

E.g.I would say 80% of the DRS's (Directors of Religious Education) and 90% of the catechists at the parish level are women. Women evangelists, too --- though we need more, many more.

I "preached" on the Gospel when I gave the eulogy at my father's funeral. But was after the dismissal blessing, i.e. not structurally part of the Funeral Mass as such. Again, it has to do with the order of the Liturgy specifically, not with silencing women. We teach and preach, ubicumque et semper. Just not at homily time.