[NYer]

I never cease to be amazed at how far the msm will go to promote their agenda, ping!

[verga]

"Theologically and theoretically, it is possible," Fr Lombardi said. "Being a cardinal is one of those roles in the church for which, theoretically, you do not have to be ordained but to move from there to suggesting the pope will name women cardinals for the next consistory is not remotely realistic."

Anyone else see a problem with this statement?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You'd have to have women priests, first.

[Hilda]

I believe that while it USED to be allowed for a lay person to be a Cardinal it no longer is. I suppose it’s POSSIBLE for them to lift the ban on women as deacons and THEN make one a Cardinal, but that’s simply not going to happen.

[Petrosius]

"Were one of these women to be elected to the role by Pope Francis, they would become the most prominent and influential female in the Catholic Church, and could one day be elected to succeed the man who bestowed the honour upon them," the Daily Mail added.

Here the Daily Mail shows their ignorance. Even if it were granted that a woman could be named a cardinal it could not lead to the papacy. The pope holds his office in virtue of being the Bishop of Rome. Since it is the infallible teaching of the Church that women are banned from the priesthood they could never exercise the office of bishop and could thus never be pope.

[markomalley]

This is the result of an unsourced article published in the left-leaning El Pais newspaper ( http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/09/23/inenglish/1379952868_934748.html)

It’s a completely bogus report.

And Lombardi ought to know better than to give that kind of mealy-mouth response as he did.

[GreyFriar]

But there are female cardinals. I have a couple with their male mates in my back yard all winter long.