[SeekAndFind]

I’d rather he petition to allow priests to marry. There is historical precedent in the past for married priests.

OTOH, I have not actually seen any historical precedents in the Christian church where women were ordained priest.

Just my humble opinion.

[Ransomed]

To my understanding, there is historical precedent for allowing married men to become priests, not for allowing priests to marry.

Freegards

[Verginius Rufus]

The word diakonos is used of both men and women in the New Testament--see Romans 16.1 (Phoebe). Whether deaconesses of the early church had a role similar to that of modern deacons, I don't know.

There's certainly no precedent in the Catholic Church for a woman being ordained priest or bishop, but the cardinal may not have intended to challenge that tradition.

St. Peter was married.