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Womens Ordination
FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
I read in the Washington Post how nine women were ordained as priests or deacons. Some of my friends who are not Catholic asked why our church does not have women priests. Worse yet, some of my Catholic friends thought this was something good. How do I answer them?

Women's Ordination - Part 1
FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
This past August, the Washington Post Magazine had an article about a man in a Georgetown parish raising a protest supporting the increased role of women in the Church and the ordination of women priests. Some of my Protestant friends asked me about the article. I thought that issue had been settled by the Pope a couple of years ago. Will you please present the Church's teaching on this issue so that I can tell my Protestant friends?

Women's Ordination - Part 2
FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
This week's article is continuation of last week's discussion on the Catholic Church's teaching on Women's Ordination. This article examines the sacramental perspective.

Women Priests No Chance
JOANNE BOGLE
There is a general assumption, especially in North America and Europe, that the Catholic Church's insistence on a male priesthood is an obscure anomaly, which endures only because a Polish pope has refused to move with the times.

Why Can't Women Be Priests?
JASON EVERT
1. Why doesn't the Church allow women to be priests? I know plenty of women who could give a more moving homily and be more understanding in the confessional.

Ordination Confers Indelible Stamp
FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
Recently you wrote about sacraments being valid even if the priest is in a state of mortal sin. What about a priest who leaves the priesthood? Would he still be able to perform the sacraments?

The Ordination at Dachau
DEACON GREG KANDRA
Some months back, I preached a homily on the "Priesterblock," the section of the Dachau concentration camp where priests were kept in isolation during World War II.

Does the Catholic Church Hate Women?
CHRISTOPHER KACZOR
The Catholic Church is subjected to a great deal of suspicion, if not outright scorn, when it comes to its treatment of women. Does the Church treat women as "second class"?

Pope John Paul II's Teaching on Women
MARY ROUSSEAU
John Paul IIs vision of the dignity and vocation of women is one of the most exciting events of our era, writes Mary Rousseau, who provides an inspiring overview of that vision.

A Concise Account of Why Women Are Not Ordained
DEACON DOUGLAS MCMANAMAN
I dont recall his source, but Thomist scholar Dr. F. F. Centore used to point out to us that according to Aquinas, women make better saints than men.

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