[Aliska]

Catholic women wake up and smell the coffee.

Sad but true. Some already have. Some remain in the church because there is nowhere else to go but they see the double standard. If they are otherwise happy, they can live with it. I don't think future generations of women are going to be willing to take it any more, even if they never can be priests. Women wanting to be priests is only symbolic of the deeper issue. Regardless of what the men say, it doesn't change the reality that women are only good to be workhorses and child nurturers while the men get all the power, honor, and glory.

We really don't need altar persons of either sex when you come right down to it. It wouldn't bother me if they got back to basics and did away with it. I don't believe the eastern orthodox use children at the altar.

[Petronski]

Hopefully Catholic policies on the differing roles of men and women in the Church will drive away the womyn who come to the Church to get some "power, honor and glory."

[presidio9]

women are only good to be workhorses and child nurturers while the men get all the power, honor, and glory.

You might as well stop going to Church. The entire purpose of religion seems to have been wasted on you.

[Ann Archy]

You seem to care only about the power, honor and glory that the Priests get....geesh....the REAL Power, honor and glory is in Heaven if you do what God set out for you. Earthly glory is nothing.

[Antoninus]

Regardless of what the men say, it doesn't change the reality that women are only good to be workhorses and child nurturers while the men get all the power, honor, and glory.

Women seeking "power, honor, and glory" would make horrendous priests. Think of Mother Teresa. How much "power, honor, and glory" did she have? And yet, I would argue that in her poverty, disease, and filth, she was the most powerful woman on Earth.

[RaginCajunTrad]

"...the men get all the power, honor, and glory."

And the men also get the heart attacks, strokes, hypertension, etc.

Now that women are doing what men only used to do the women are sharing in the downside also.

There is no attempt by the Church to set a double standard. In the animal kingdom of which we humans are a part of, each sex has its role and duties. It's not that many women cannot do what many men can do. It's simply the natural order of things.

[Catholicguy]

Matthew 23:

11 He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.

12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.