We Are Church International is very disappointed with the Final Report for Study Group 5 on Women which confirms that the Patriarchy has one clear priority: NO ORDINATION FOR WOMEN. Their fear of schism means discrimination against women will continue and we will lose even more women and their gifts from our church!
The long report for Study Group 5 makes no reference to any of the many women who have been serving parish communities without priests as ‘Pastoral Assistants’, or those women with vocations to ordination who have been seeking equality for more than 50 years.
We call on Pope Leo XlV to promote the ordination of women as it is a scandal for our Church to treat women as inferior and subordinate to men, when Jesus continuously broke the law to free women from those oppressive laws. The patriarchal Church structures around the world have led to the physical, sexual and spiritual abuse of women. Our church urgently needs to ensure that all ministries and offices are based on the common dignity of baptism, personal competence and charisms.
We Are Church International will continue to work and pray for the full equality of women in our communities at grassroots levels where real reforms are taking place.
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