Recent Event Highlights: First Ordination of Women Priests in North America, The Pope Speaks to Bishops from the U.S., Pope Gelasius Protests Against Women Priests, and 15 more...
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Nine women including a former nun were ordained on a boat in international waters. This was a threat to many people of the church.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
Mrs. Genevieve Beney is ordained by three bishops of Women's Ordination Worldwide. After this occurred the Church threatened to send a Decree of Excommunication. They stated that if she were to be ordained then it would cause suffering for many Catholics.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
Bishops from Europe met to discuss topics such as the roles of men and women in the Church. Most of them proclaimed that men and womens' roles in the church should not be interchangeable, such as in priesthood.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
Women in Barcelona Spain participated in a peaceful demonstration where they wore symbols of their sorrow for women not being able to be ordained into priesthood.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
The Pope tells groups of bishops from the U.S. that if they ordain women then they are not being faithful to Christ.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
A very prestigious scholar for the Catholic Church, John Wijngaars, resigns because of disagreements with the Church's stance on many issues. These issues include women and ordination, gay and lesbian partnerships, contraceptives, and celibacy for priests.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
Father Tissa Balasuriya writes a book entitled "Mary and Human Liberation." In this, he presents Mary as a very strong-willed woman and says that women should not have to be passive in the Church but instead follow in Mary's footsteps.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
Pope John Paul II releases a letter entitled "Ordinatio Sacerdotalis" or Priestly Ordination, which states that the Church has no authority to ordain women.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
A new category of papal teachings was released in the Roman Catholic church. These teachings are referred to as "Definitely Held" which is in contrast with previous teachings of the "Divinely Revealed." This new set of teachings greatly broadened previous boundaries.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
Pope John Paul II writes a letter which gives the opinion that when Christ chose men as his disciples, this was in no way a slam against women. He wanted women to keep their dignity.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
The Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith issues a statement about women and priesthood. In this statement, they basically mean that the priest needs to have a resemblance to Jesus, and therefore must be a man.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
The topic of female ordination is addressed by the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Commission. They were unable to settle the dispute based on Biblical text alone.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
Pope Paul VI expresses concern that the Church of England is considering female ordination, and writes a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury concerning the matter.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/femclrg10.htm
Joan of Arc was an extremely powerful and courageous woman. At one point she stated that God should be served before the Church. She was seen as a rebel of the Holy Church and was eventually excommunicated and burned at the stake.
http://www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org/RCWP_Resource.pdf
Bishop Atto of Vercelli writes that women have just as much right to hold prestigious positions in the church as men do.
Pope Gelasius wrote letters to bishops in three regions of southern Italy discussing how he didn't want women in high positions in the church.
http://www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org/RCWP_Resource.pdf
Pope Hippolytus forms an opinion on women and the church. He brings up when Jesus came to Mary Magdalene. He believed that women were instrumental in the Church, and should be treated as such.
http://www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org/RCWP_Resource.pdf
In first century Israel, women were regarded as second-class citizens. They were almost on the same level as slaves. It is unusual that they are regarded as followers of Jesus in the Bible.
http://www.jesuscentral.com/ji/historical-jesus/jesus-firstcenturycontext.php
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