Priests’ group says it appears ‘men are more worthy than women’ in eye of offical church
The ACP said “the equality of women is critical for the credibility and the future of the church. Introducing women deacons is such a minimalist step that if he cannot move on that, there is little or no prospect of any real movement towards equality”.
The comments of the pope sent “all the wrong messages about women to women and men. It confirms that women are not good enough, and that in the eyes of the ‘official’ church men are more worthy than women.” The pope’s comments confirmed that “the official institutional church is a men’s church” and “that to be a full member of the church, exercising all the privileges, you have to be a man,” the ACP said.
It said the comments confirmed “that the church is a structure built by men for men”, that it “continues to be a clerical hierarchical patriarchy” and “that injustice is built into the heart of the church.” The group said it was “an enormous blow to reforming the church and bringing it into the 21st century”.
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