“When I first returned to the Church I began attending a parish where some rather unorthodox things would take place. The first time I saw a woman get up to deliver the homily, I thought to myself, “Well hmm, I don’t think that is permitted. I am going to have to think about this.”
Women can not be priests or deacons, who are the only clergy that can deliver the Homily. If you saw a woman do the Homily it was a gross violation of Catholic doctrine and should have been brought up to the parish priest first, then the bishop.
You are absolutely correct about such things. However, I think we have to remember that satan will often tempt us according to extremes. These days...those extremes can be found between the liberalized, cafeteria-type mentality on one hand...and the utterly (what I call) uber-traditional on the other hand. Both extremes place trust in SELF rather than God. The liberal knows better than the Church teaching on contraception, marriage, women priests, etc....and the uber-traditionalist knows how to lead the Church better than the Pope. There is horrendous danger in both extremes. Both lead away from the protection (placed by God) in His Church. Satan is evil and he is not stupid. He wishes us all to leave the Church....or, at the least, to weaken her.