The Nazi Pope and the geriatric geezers at the Vatican not only hate gays, but women too as evidenced by the new decree released by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a/k/a in times past as The Inquisition. Interestingly, the decree came little more than a month after Benedict XVI's visit to the USA where many Catholics support female priests - particularly in the ever increasing number of parishes where there is no full time priest. I guess it matters little to this old fossils that Mary Magdalen, Martha and her sister Mary were deemed worthy by Jesus. I am truly thankful at times that I have escaped the non-stop bigotry and intolerance (not to mention hypocrisy) that are the hallmarks of the Catholic hierarchy from the Nazi Pope on down. They sure make the ELCA look good - same service and beliefs for the most part and pastors who generally are much more in touch with the real world. What a concept!! Here are some highlights from MSNBC:*
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican issued its most explicit decree so far against the ordination of female priests on Thursday, punishing them and the bishops who try to ordain them with automatic excommunication. The decree was written by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and published in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, giving it immediate effect.
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Rev. Tom Reese, a senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University, said he thought the decree was meant to send a warning to the growing number of Catholics who favor admitting women to the priesthood. "I think the reason they're doing this is that they've realized there is more and more support among Catholics for ordaining women, and they want to make clear that this is a no-no," Reese said.
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Proponents of women's ordination said Christ was only acting according to the social norms of his time. They cite the letters of Saint Paul, some of the earliest texts of Christianity, to show that women played important roles in the early church.
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