Since we are all, male and female, made in God’s image I can’t object to women priests in theory. Women in our culture are actually taken seriously in ways they were not 2000 years ago.
However, as a practical matter, I look at all of the Protestant churches who have opened their clergy to women, and I see that the only ones who seem to want the job in large numbers are whacko Leftists and Lesbians.
married male priests or female priests - both would move the entire Church leftward, make it more political, more an NGO, less contemplative (if any after Francis), less doctrinal, more gay/lesbian, and the liturgy more emotive and communal. No question.
“Women in our culture are actually taken seriously in ways they were not 2000 years ago.”
I beg to differ - women just had different roles than men.
Jesus Himself did not indicate that women were not, as a group, taken seriously during that time -I don’t recall women’s role in society and the Church being an issue for Jesus Christ in any of the Gospels.
Sure, there were injustices against women, just as there were gross injustices committed against men. That results from a sinful and fallen world (just like it is today) and can only be rectified upon Jesus’ return.
Finally, God chose a woman (Mary) to bear Jesus in her womb as opposed to,say, the Savior simply appearing out of nowhere. That looks to me like the female of the species gets quite a bit of respect and is taken seriously from God Himself - yet He saw fit to assign men and women different roles in society and within the Church.
Even some of Paul’s Epistles indicate a significantly different role for men and women in the Church.
Women have always served the Catholic Church as Nuns and correctly teaching and disciplining the young Christian. Not only are women not sidelined by the Church, they complete the Church - in the proper capacity.