I agree with the Portuguese
cardinal when he says that "theologically there is no
fundamental obstacle" to the ordination of women. But I
disagree when he says that it will happen "when God wants it."
No, it will happen "when the Vatican wants it." And I believe
that now is the time to raise the question, even though we might
never see it in our lifetime. If not now, when?
Raising the question now also serves to raise very important
questions about the absolute Roman monarchy that we have
inherited from the Roman empire. For this imperial system of
governance, with the pope as a semi-god, is one we inherited
from the Roman empire and the subsequent "Holy Roman Empire,"
not from Jesus or the early church (Cf. Acts 15). Indeed, the
time is now!
Luis
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