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The facts are on the table,” he stated, “the time is ripe. All bishops of the world should come together: yes or no'
September 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Denis Theurillat, the auxiliary bishop of Basel, Switzerland, has given an interview in which he argued that the Church should conduct a council in Rome in order to vote for or against female priests.
“The facts are on the table,” he stated, “the time is ripe. All bishops of the world should come together: yes or no.”
Speaking with the official news website of the Swiss Bishops' Conference Kath.ch, the 70-year old prelate insisted that Pope Francis should not decide upon this question alone, adding that “otherwise we will experience a schism.” He himself would like to participate in such a council on the question of female priests, he continued, “and if I may not experience it anymore, I will watch it from heaven.”
Bishop Theurillat has been organizing a meeting of the Swiss bishops with Catholic women and found praise from the head of the women's association Frauenbund, Simone Curau-Aepli: “He alone made this meeting possible,” she stated.
The Swiss bishop plans to speak with Pope Francis personally about this project of meeting with Catholic women, during the ad limina visit of the Swiss bishops in January next year. Theurillat had been consecrated a bishop in 2000 under Pope John Paul II.
Continued below.
Swiss bishop calls for a council on female priesthood, ‘otherwise we will experience a schism’
September 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Denis Theurillat, the auxiliary bishop of Basel, Switzerland, has given an interview in which he argued that the Church should conduct a council in Rome in order to vote for or against female priests.
“The facts are on the table,” he stated, “the time is ripe. All bishops of the world should come together: yes or no.”
Speaking with the official news website of the Swiss Bishops' Conference Kath.ch, the 70-year old prelate insisted that Pope Francis should not decide upon this question alone, adding that “otherwise we will experience a schism.” He himself would like to participate in such a council on the question of female priests, he continued, “and if I may not experience it anymore, I will watch it from heaven.”
Bishop Theurillat has been organizing a meeting of the Swiss bishops with Catholic women and found praise from the head of the women's association Frauenbund, Simone Curau-Aepli: “He alone made this meeting possible,” she stated.
The Swiss bishop plans to speak with Pope Francis personally about this project of meeting with Catholic women, during the ad limina visit of the Swiss bishops in January next year. Theurillat had been consecrated a bishop in 2000 under Pope John Paul II.
Continued below.
Swiss bishop calls for a council on female priesthood, ‘otherwise we will experience a schism’
