What did the Pope just say about women’s ordination?
In a Nov. 2022 interview with America Magazine, Pope Francis upheld the Catholic church’s unequal treatment of women by exploiting misogynistic metaphors to dismiss the sincerely discerned vocations of women. When asked what he might say to a woman who serves her church and experiences a call to priesthood, Francis responded with sexist smoke and mirrors theology, which the Women’s Ordination Conference considers an indefensible attempt to obscure women’s capacity to act in persona Christi.
In other words:
TL,DR: “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”
—Gal 3:28
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Everything you need to know to advocate for women’s ordination
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Why ordain women?
Women’s ordination by the numbers
A brief history of Vatican documents
PURCHASE THE RESOURCEMyths and misperceptions
Mythbusters: Women’s Ordination Edition
Common myths and misperceptions about women’s ordination, and responses from advocates for sacramental equality
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Myth 2
“The Church has never ordained women. It goes against 2000 years of unbroken tradition.”
Myth 5
“Supporting women’s ordination means you’re against the Pope and the Church.”
Myth 6
“Women’s ordination is not about ‘equal rights’ – no one has a ‘right’ to be a priest.”
Myth 7
“Jesus was a man, and priests act ‘in persona Christi,’ so only men can be priests.”
Myth 8
Christ is the bridegroom of the Church, his bride, so priests must be men because the Church is a bride.”
Why Ordain Women?
This easily accessible Q&A serves as a useful introduction to the reasons to advocate for women’s ordination.
READ MOREWatch our video! Leer en españolFact Sheet on Women’s Ordination
Statistics about the support for women’s ordination around the world.
READ MORELooking for more resources?
Prayers, Liturgies, Essays, and our Feminist & Queer Theology Bibliography