Once again, a certain priest who has faced excommunication for participating in a women's (so-called) "ordination" ceremony has created controversy with his statement that "The exclusion of women [from the priesthood] is a grave injustice and a sin." One wonders if this rebel priest would tell St. Paul he committed a sin because the Saint wrote...
"As in all the churches of the holy ones, women should keep silent in the churches, for they are not allowed to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says. But if they want to learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home. For it is improper for a woman to speak in the church. Did the word of God go forth from you? Or has it come to you alone? If anyone thinks that he is a prophet or a spiritual person, he should recognize that what I am writing to you is a commandment of the Lord." (St. Paul, 1 Cor. 14:33-37, emphasis added)
This priest apparently is not swayed from his mistaken position - even though the Church's teaching concerning an all-male priesthood is marked with characteristics of infallibility - because he thinks it is "outdated" or "wrong". How is it that a man who thinks either (1) Church teachings should be changed to suit the times or (2) Church teachings marked with characteristics of infallibility can be wrong could have been ordained in the first place? Where is the concern over his poor priestly formation in this controversy?
[Related: Top Reasons Why Women Can't Be Priests | Catholic Basics: Can Dogmas Change?]
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