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To: sinkspur
He can still impose his male-only directive

Huh?

"Male-only" directive?!?

From my reading of it, the Pope merely pointed out in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis the already-existing reality that the Church has no authority to ordain women.

Now, are you suggesting that it is merely by the Pope's "directive" that women's ordination is forbidden, rather than by the constant and universal Tradition of the Church?

21 posted on 04/09/2004 5:12:51 PM PDT by B Knotts (Salve!)
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To: B Knotts
Now, are you suggesting that it is merely by the Pope's "directive" that women's ordination is forbidden, rather than by the constant and universal Tradition of the Church?

Knotts, we're talking about including women in the washing of the feet ceremony.

I'll bet your bishop allows women to take part in the ceremony, doesn't he?

23 posted on 04/09/2004 5:16:31 PM PDT by sinkspur (Adopt a dog or a cat from an animal shelter! It will save one life, and may save two.)
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