Don't even think of it. (commentary about Pope John Paul II's apostolic letter on women in the priesthood) (also includes the apostolic letter itself and a reaction from Rembert G. Weakland, Bishop of Milwaukee)

From: Commonweal | Date: June 17, 1994| Author: Weakland, Rembert G., Bishop | Copyright information

Ordinatio sacerdotalis, Pope John Paul II's apostolic letter (pp. 4-5) reaffirming in no uncertain terms the exclusion of women from the priesthood, poses two principal dangers. For those who long for a pope on a white horse to knock the church into shape by routing those ever mischievous "progressives" and "feminists," the blunt language of the letter may appear to be the answer to their prayers. Indeed, for them it is bracing - although for many others chilling - to learn that th...

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