Angela Bonavoglia is right on with her "To Do" list on women for Pope Francis. My favorite is #6 on women's ordination! I agree! Amen, Sister! Roman Catholic Women Priests are leading the way on this issue with inclusive Catholic Communities in over 30 states in the U.S., and in Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. Bridget Mary Meehan, ARCWP, www.arcwp.org
6...." Appoint a woman to the College of Cardinals. Ordaining women is crucial to the future of the Church, and while you have insisted that the ban on women's ordination is a settled question, the Church's defenses are thin as air: a Papal Commission found no evidence in Scripture to rule out women's ordination; the failure-to-resemble Jesus argument, which assumes Jesus saw male genitals as integral to priestly ministry, is absurd; Jesus didn't ordain anybody; Paul refers to "Junia the Apostle" and "Phoebe the deacon"; and dramatic archaeological evidence exists of women's clerical roles in the early church.
If you believe that advocating for a woman cardinal smacks of "clericalism," then what does an all-powerful, all-male college of cardinals smack of? If you are against clericalism, then dismantle it. If you are not, then end the church's indefensible gender apartheid and open the doors of sacramental and executive power to women."
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