Discrimination Of Women In The Catholic Church

What is the role of women in the Catholic church? Discrimination. You can find it in your local supermarkets, schools, workplaces. Almost anywhere you find people, you find discrimination or at least accusations of it. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that such accusations of discrimination come from the Catholic church as well. The role of women in the church is not as big and visible as men’s role, and many people believe that it should be. The Catholic Church has many reasons for not allowing women to be priests. One of these reasons is that the priest is supposed to embody the role of Christ as close as possible. Since Jesus Christ was a man and not a woman, then priests must be men in order to best be like Jesus. According to the Catholicism

While it is true that no Apostles were women, there are many other trends that can be found through the Apostles that were never kept as tradition through priesthood. For example, according to John Wijngaards, the number twelve, sole power to baptize, and the command to be like mendicants with no sandals or money were all trends in the Apostles that were quickly abandoned. Also, women can’t be priests in the Catholic Church because this tradition has been kept for a long time now. This is true mostly because of prejudice. However, the Church has repented of many previous ideas and traditions such as not allowing people who accept interest on loans to receive sacramental grace and defending slavery. The Church realized it was wrong in each case and changed its doctrine to suit the revelations of the

They went through the same ordination process as male deacons and were important because only women could baptize other women hoping to join the Church. However, when it became more common to baptize babies, the Catholic Church began to bury its past of women deacons and allowed only men to be ordained like they are today. In the recent past, women have begun to protest, and the Catholic Church is starting to make adjustments to its doctrines. 1970 brought a list of what women in the Church could do, including being lectors, offering intentions, fulfilling duties required to provide music, explaining the Church’s proceedings, collecting offerings, and escorting people to their pews. In 1983, it was established that if a priest was not present, lay people (including laywomen) could take their place to see confessions, administer communion, and fulfill other duties that would otherwise be assigned to priests. Finally, in 1994, Pope John Paul II granted bishops the ability to decide if girls in their diocese could become altar servers, however, 2001 brought reaffirmation that bishops or priests could deny girls this role in the Mass and girls could not serve instead of boys, they could only serve alongside