In an interview published in America Magazine, Pope Francis unequivocally stated that women cannot be ordained as priests but emphasized the important role they have to play in the life of the Church.  “Many women feel pain because they cannot be ordained priests. What would you say to a woman who is already serving in the life of the Church but who still feels called to be a priest?” asked Kerry Webber, executive editor of the monthly magazine published by the Jesuits of the United States. The Pope was unequivocal on the question of the ordination of women priests: “And why can a woman not enter ordained ministry? It is because the Petrine principle has no place for that,” he said… (READ MORE)

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