Maybe the Pope’s point is that any women who would be worth having as Cardinals don’t seem to wish to be one. On the other hand, look at all those woman who declare themselves priestesses or even bishopesses and those who agitate for opening up the clergy to priestesses—is there even one anywhere who has orthodox views about things like birth control within marriage, ‘gay marriage,’ homosexual priests in ‘relationships’ or abortion? I’ve never come across it, at least.
I figure if there are a lot of women who want to be priestesses but have all the other traditional beliefs of the Church they would be on places like FR or other anonymous conservative message boards.
Freegards
This argument is ancient.
The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others.
St. John Chrysostom (347 - 407)
Lol!