Is exclusively male priesthood an article of faith?
I believe that excommunication requires one to deny an article of faith. Maybe the Congregation has gone overboard in its efforts to uphold the “Boys Only Club” Posted By: Anne • Unfortunately the CDF has a firm grasp on the non essentials. Several episcopal gentleman have privately expressed to me Fr Bourgeois’ publicly stated thoughts. There are 1752 Codes of Canon Law and the last one is about the salvation of souls. Posted By: Deacon Bryan Sykes • Finally! This clearly shows to all those sad, tired old priests and lay people who support women’s ordination that Pope John Paull II’s definitive statement on the issue is precisely that: definitive. He stated quite clearly “wherefore there should be no further doubt, I hereby declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to ordain women.” The CDF later wrote in response to a question on the status of the teaching that it was taught infallibly by the Universal Magisterium of the Church and therefore must be held definitively by all
