Modernists think they will have to wait until Judgement Day before women are ordained and threaten to leave the Church

 Catholic Women's Association criticizes report on women's ordination

"Waiting Until Judgment Day"

The Vatican's final report on the female diaconate is causing frustration in Germany. The Catholic Women's Association of Germany (kfd) has also reacted with disappointment. Why many women no longer accept the constant postponements.

The Catholic Women's Association of Germany (kfd) has expressed its disappointment with the final report on the female diaconate published on Thursday by the theological commission appointed by Pope Francis. In a statement released on Friday, kfd Vice President Ulrike Göken-Huismann predicted: "The final report will lead to a further exodus of Catholic women from the Church."

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The document left open the possibility of admitting women to the sacramental diaconate, but declared further theological and pastoral exploration necessary. Göken-Huismann stated: "We believe that everything theologically necessary and important on this topic has already been extensively documented."

Referring to the Osnabrück Congress of 2017 and the foundational text of Forum 3 of the Synodal Path reform process of the Catholic Church in Germany, she emphasized: "Everything is on the table! How many more times are we to be put off with references to further necessary research? Until Judgment Day?"

Women have long been assuming responsibility and living diaconal lives in the Church and the world. “And yet, they remain denied access to ordination. It is high time to sacramentally recognize the diversity of vocations,” said Göken-Huismann.

Lay representatives: “Missed opportunity”

Catholic lay representatives and the reform group “We Are Church” also reacted with irritation and criticism to the Vatican commission’s vote on the diaconate for women, calling it a “missed opportunity.” The fact that the Commission considers a “no” to the ordination of women deacons appropriate “in the light of Holy Scripture, Tradition, and the Church’s Magisterium” is “a message of stagnation,” said Irme Stetter-Karp, President of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), on Thursday in Berlin. “The future cannot begin with this stagnation.”

Cathcon:  So which or all of Holy Scripture, Tradition and Magisterium do you want to change?

The final report of the theological commission on the possibility of ordaining women in the Catholic Church, published Thursday by the Vatican Press Office, states that a purely historical clarification of the question of what form the diaconate existed in the early Church provides "no definitive certainty" for future decisions. Therefore, the question of women's ordination as deacons remains "open for further theological and pastoral exploration."

The decision must be made at the level of the Magisterium. At the same time, the commission emphasized that, as things stand, women cannot be admitted to diaconal ordination. The ten-member Diaconate Commission was appointed by Pope Francis.

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