Tag Archives: Ordinatio sacerdotalis

Peters on Canon Law and deaconesses

Posted on 22 September 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the blog of The Canonical Defender, Dr. Edward Peters, comes this:
Some thoughts occasioned by Bp. Wcela’s essay on female deacons
by Dr. Edward Peters
Writing in America magazine, Bp. Emil Wcela (ret. aux. Rockville Center) is encouraging wider public debate on … Continue reading →

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A deacon responds to a gushy women’s ordination propaganda piece in a secular newspaper

Posted on 25 May 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A while back there was a dippy filmette about wymynprysts “Pink Smoke Over the Vatican” inspired by an equally dippy column in the Bakersfield Californian by one Valerie Schultz, a board member of CSUB’s Institute for Religion, Education, and Public … Continue reading →

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Wymynprysts yn Mynnysota

Posted on 11 December 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the Star Tribune, ultra-liberal newspaper of my native place, there is an article about wywmwmnyprysts.
It is too long and dull for you, so here are some bits. Let’s have a look with my emphases and comments.
Female priests push Catholic boundaries
ROSE … Continue reading →

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McBrien thinks the Pope is … wait for it… wrong about women’s ordination!

Posted on 14 June 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Richard McBrien in his column in the National catholic Fishwrap says that the Church’s infallible teaching about the impossibility of the ordination of women isn’t really infallible.  How dare the Pope say that it is?
His basic idea is that since … Continue reading →

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FLASH: Fr. Z agrees with Bp. Morris and NCR… yes and no.

Posted on 10 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I may be in close agreement with Bp. Morris and NCR on a matter of great importance.
From the National catholic Fishwrap comes another defense of lately-removed Australian Bishop William Morris, quondam of the Diocese of Toowoomba. His Excellency is the … Continue reading →

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