male priesthood - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 22 Sep 2019 11:06:55 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg male priesthood - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Theologian suggest gender neutral robot priests https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/09/23/gender-neutral-robot-priests/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 08:20:57 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=121387 A Roman Catholic theologian who is a Franciscan sister has claimed that "gender-neutral" robotic priests could help make the Church less patriarchal and tackle its sexual abuse crisis. Ilia Delio, who holds a chair in theology at Villanova University, Pennsylvania, said that robots could excel in ways that human priests might not. Read more

Theologian suggest gender neutral robot priests... Read more]]> A Roman Catholic theologian who is a Franciscan sister has claimed that "gender-neutral" robotic priests could help make the Church less patriarchal and tackle its sexual abuse crisis.

Ilia Delio, who holds a chair in theology at Villanova University, Pennsylvania, said that robots could excel in ways that human priests might not. Read more

Theologian suggest gender neutral robot priests]]> 121387 Jimmy Carter upset by male Catholic priesthood https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/06/25/jimmy-carter-upset-by-male-catholic-priesthood/ Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:01:09 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=46068 Former United States president Jimmy Carter has accused the Catholic Church of abusive discrimination against women by having an all-male priesthood. In a Time magazine interview, Carter said "the major religions have discriminated against women in a very abusive fashion and set an example for the rest of society to treat women as secondary citizens". Read more

Jimmy Carter upset by male Catholic priesthood... Read more]]> Former United States president Jimmy Carter has accused the Catholic Church of abusive discrimination against women by having an all-male priesthood.

In a Time magazine interview, Carter said "the major religions have discriminated against women in a very abusive fashion and set an example for the rest of society to treat women as secondary citizens".

He said the Catholic Church had done this with ordination "ever since the third century".

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Jimmy Carter upset by male Catholic priesthood]]> 46068 Pope's theologian explains male priesthood https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/05/popes-theologian-explains-male-priesthood/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:30:37 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=38641 The theologian who checks the Pope's speeches for doctrinal error has explained his understanding of the male Catholic priesthood in an interview with Catholic News Service. Dominican Father Wojciech Giertych rejected the idea that the all-male priesthood is a relic of obsolete social norms, as if such norms could have been binding on Jesus, saying Read more

Pope's theologian explains male priesthood... Read more]]> The theologian who checks the Pope's speeches for doctrinal error has explained his understanding of the male Catholic priesthood in an interview with Catholic News Service.

Dominican Father Wojciech Giertych rejected the idea that the all-male priesthood is a relic of obsolete social norms, as if such norms could have been binding on Jesus, saying that Jesus was "courageous with respect to the local social customs".

Suggesting a reason that men are especially suited to the priesthood, he said they are more likely to think of God in terms of philosophical definitions and logical syllogisms, a quality valuable for fulfilling a priest's duty to transmit Church teaching.

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