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CV NEWS FEED // Two prominent members of the panel at Wednesday afternoon’s synod press conference said that Apostolic Tradition prohibits the possibility of women’s ordination.
In response to reporters’ questions, both Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect for the Dicastery for Bishops, and Archbishop for Military Services Timothy Broglio, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), rejected the prospect of female ordination.
When a reporter asked whether the Church will ordain women in the future, Prevost said the Church is not going “to change 2000 years of tradition.”
“In society, women can be president, and have many leadership roles in the world,” Prevost said. However, he noted, Apostolic Tradition necessarily dictates that “our categories in the life of the Church are different, and need to be different.”
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In response to reporters’ questions, both Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect for the Dicastery for Bishops, and Archbishop for Military Services Timothy Broglio, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), rejected the prospect of female ordination.
When a reporter asked whether the Church will ordain women in the future, Prevost said the Church is not going “to change 2000 years of tradition.”
“In society, women can be president, and have many leadership roles in the world,” Prevost said. However, he noted, Apostolic Tradition necessarily dictates that “our categories in the life of the Church are different, and need to be different.”
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Women’s Ordination Prohibited by Apostolic Tradition, say Church Leaders
Two prominent members of the panel at Wednesday afternoon’s synod press conference said that Apostolic Tradition prohibits the possibility of women’s ordination.
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