Posted on 01/07/2026 8:53:47 AM PST by ebb tide
Cardinal Radcliffe, who served as spiritual advisor to the Synod on Synodality, has given his support to “moving ahead quickly” with ordaining women to the diaconate.
Interviewed by The Telegraph, Timothy Cardinal Radcliffe OP made a number of revelatory comments, not least about the fact that he apparently fell in love with a woman just shortly after he was ordained a priest and invited her to stay at his priory to meet the Dominican community there.
But it is his position on women’s access to the diaconal order which is a standout aspect of the interview.
Radcliffe characteristically sought to present both sides of the current argument. He downplayed the idea that the only “people that matter” are those in the sacrament of Holy Orders. ‘“Perhaps the public haven’t got it right. It’s a very clericalist view to think that the only people that matter are priests. Saints are more important than priests.”
(Excerpt) Read more at permariam.com ...
Ping
Cardinal Radcliffe will deliver a meditation to cardinals at the opening of the consistory, OSV News learned.
There is only pressure for this because fewer and fewer males are involved in churches anymore.
It has basically been feminized to an extreme.
“moving ahead quickly”
Of course he does. Radcliffe is an 80 year old fossil who is well aware that his generation’s days are numbered and they have one last shot at remaking the Catholic Church in the image of liberal protestantism... and that if doesn’t happen now, it’ll likely never happen as the generations coming up generally want no part of his revolution.
I do too. Define them as illicit, impossible, and contrary to the Faith. Do it soon.
+1
And I am really sick of being forced to receive the Blessed Sacrament at the hands of women.
Cardinal Radcliffe: I support “moving ahead quickly” on female deacons. Well, at least they’ll probably leave the altar boys alone.
No one is forcing you. You are compelled to receive only once every year. At other times, it’s optional. Opt out, or do what I do (when at a novus mass): get in the priest/deacon’s line.
Oh, my heavens! Receive only once a year? Why would I do that?
As a matter of fact, I do what you suggested when it is possible, but sometimes I get stuck in a certain line.
If I found myself stuck in the wrong line without escape, I would just opt out.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.