accepted with mixed feelings. And this because it concerns a dramatic change in the data of centuries. The woman and the ιεÏατικός role was something forbidden for the papal church for centuries, something which, it seems, Pope Francis is thinking of changing, and ordain women now in the position of deacons.
If the intention is not to reach women at the level of the priests (which is the basis for law and I’m not going to change), will appoint, though himself a commission in which I studied the role of women in most low tiers. The commission will explore the theme from various perspectives (religious, social etc.) and will give a verdict which will have enough “clarity” for what should be the role of women, and under what conditions.
The pontiff has been found several times in front of this request from the nuns who are watching him while in the plus the intention is the fact that women had played the role of deacons in the first years of the church.
The appointment of women as deacons will significantly expand the role of women in the church. A deacon may lead the services of prayer, and can manage other ποιμαντικά tasks if a priest is absent, but there’s no way from the purely priestly duties, such as the Communion or the εξομολογήση among others.
Although Pope Francis said that the “door is closed” on the possibility of women to become priests – the Catholic Church teaches that women cannot become priests because Jesus chose voluntarily only men as his apostles – he also argued the expansion of the role of women in the church.
However, the comments of the Pope is likely to create reactions between traditional and conservative Catholics who consider the Pope seeks to push the church in a more liberal, progressive direction .
A mess in the Catholic Church: The big change that he wants to make the Pope and has revolutionized everyone!
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