Expert: Daniel Keeran - 1/18/2011

Question
1.Is there any limitation for women in the Church?

2. Why is it that most of the higher officials in the Church are men? Are there any reasons about this?

3. What are the roles of the Priest?

4. About the proposal of ordaining women, what are the reactions of Roman Catholic Church?

5. Do you think they are entertaining the idea?

6. Is there any rule in the Church that women are not allowed to be priests?

7. In the lack of priest, is it possible that women can take-charge with the task of the priest.

8. Should women be priest?

9. Is it true that whatever the Pope said everyone should comply with it? May you give some examples about it?

10. Is there any situation that you’ve encountered that is against to the will of the Church? What is it?

11. What are the basic roles of women in our Church?

Answer
1.Is there any limitation for women in the Church?

Women cannot be priests, bishop, archbishop, cardinal, pope

2. Why is it that most of the higher officials in the Church are men? Are there any reasons about this?

Based on fact that all the apostles were men as well as those they first appointed in the churches

3. What are the roles of the Priest?

Priest is from the term "presbyter" whos general role is to oversee the local church. In the early churches presbyters were plural in number and were the same as elders or bishops. See Acts 20.

4. About the proposal of ordaining women, what are the reactions of Roman Catholic Church?

Negative

5. Do you think they are entertaining the idea?

No

6. Is there any rule in the Church that women are not allowed to be priests?

Yes, this is from the earliest appointment as stated above

7. In the lack of priest, is it possible that women can take-charge with the task of the priest.

Not to my knowledge

8. Should women be priest?

I think not

9. Is it true that whatever the Pope said everyone should comply with it? May you give some examples about it?

Only when he speaks ex-cathedra, which was not known in the early church

10. Is there any situation that you’ve encountered that is against to the will of the Church? What is it?

Cyprian's baptism by pouring in the case of Novatian in 250 AD was opposed by the other bishops
Victor's excommunication of those observing different Paschal date about 195 AD was opposed by Irenaeus and was recinded

11. What are the basic roles of women in our Church?

assist at mass, nuns, teachers of children, nurses, etc.