As a conservative Catholic, I have no problem with the idea of woman priests. They might restore the faith in the clergy because, let’s face the fact, there just aren’t enough good men in the West willing to do the job and there are just too many perverts that get into it so they can hide their sicknesses behind the cloth.
For 2000 years the Church only ordained viri = “men”, and insisted the ordination of women was impossible. Not just Catholics, but all the ancient churches—Orthodox, Monophysite, etc.
You ordain women now, you are admitting that the Church was dead wrong for 2000 years.
Now you tell me exactly how you do that without saying the Church wasn’t wrong on any number of other things.
Our diocese just turned down the services of an Indian priest because they have too many priests at this time.
Women would be no better, they are human too. I come from Methodism they have had women ministers for years and in most cases it has been a train wreck.
What’s “conservative” or “Catholic” about that? It’s material heresy, BTW. The impossibility of ordaining women is infallible Catholic teaching.
In principle I have no problem with women priests either.
God made both, male and female in his image. So long as the culture allows either to have their words heard and taken seriously, should not be a problem.
My biggest fear frankly is that in the Protestant churches which allow women clergy, it seems to attract only the most extreme far-left nutcases to take the job.
The deviants are attracted to the role; “women priests” would simply be molesting altar girls.
To even discuss this is to question whether or not Jesus made a mistake at the Last Supper; as an omniscient God He knew women would get the right to vote, drive cars, etc. 2,000 years later and He still made His choice.
Jesus didn’t make mistakes...
“As a conservative Catholic..no problem with the idea of woman priests...”
This is not a conservative position, actually. The main reason for no women priests is that they are prohibited in Scripture:
St. Paul to Timothy Chapter 2 verses 12 - 15 pretty much sum it up.