Category: Vatican

I confess that I was more than a little thrilled to grasp the bright blue United Nations ID badge in my hands, for this official recognition of Women’s Ordination Conference into the “Economic and Social Council” (ECOSOC) of the international organization has been a long time coming.  Although WOC has been present at the United…
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On October 26, the day of the vote, I posted a blog predicting what the final document that the Synod on the Amazon would say. Ellie Harty, my fellow blogger and editor of SEPA WOC’s Equal wRites, suggested that I write what actually was done “in the room where it happens.” Sorry. That’s my trite…
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This afternoon in Rome, just as this blog is published at 10 am Eastern, 185 men will vote. There are 184 bishop and priest voting members of the gathering, and one member who is a religious brother. There are 80 non-voting participants, of whom 35 are women. For most of the Oct. 6-27 event, there…
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Why not? If you’ve been following the news about the Synod on the Amazon, you know that one major topic of discussion is ordaining viri probati, married men who could celebrate the Eucharist in the scattered small settlements in this enormous region. Of course, when it comes to women, we’re one step behind. Do you…
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I seem to be compiling a daisy chain of blogs. “Last week I wrote about” was the way I began the last one, and the way I am going to begin today. That’s because I want to focus again on the Amazon Synod. Last week I wrote about the implications for all women of the…
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Last week I wrote about the Pope’s comments on the plane about schism. I imagine he’s wishing he hadn’t opened that can of worms – because everybody’s talking about it. The latest to reach in is Villanova’s Massimo Faggioli, dealing with what a schism actually is and when they’ve actually happened. I had the feeling…
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Looming over my August has been the letter Pope Francis wrote to priests on August 4. Apparently this is what he did on vacation. As the organization having its unique purpose to ordain women priests, WOC should know what the Pope is thinking about this role. Not that he’s thinking about women in it –…
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Since I’m writing this blog early this week, I am hoping that there are no news flashes that I wish I had covered. Instead, I am going back to two articles I have saved on women deacons. They came to mind because of articles in NCR about a talk by Ally Kateusz that looked for…
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When Frank DeBernardo of New Ways Ministry and I first discussed expanding this blog to be more regular, we joked that not much is happening about women’s ordination – not like the many bishops leaping into the fray to condemn, fire, and otherwise attack LGBTQ people. Well, the latter has not abated and Bondings 2.0…
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“Sexism masquerading as theology” is what I’ve always said about the church’s position on women’s ordination, and I see no reason to modify my position based on the new document from the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, which presents itself as a “Path of Dialogue.” “Male and Female He Created Them” is a really useful…
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