Cardinal Hollerich, in favour of women’s ordination: “It is not just a demand of some left-wing women’s associations”
Cardinal Hollerich, in favour of women’s ordination: “It is not just a demand of some left-wing women’s associations”
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“I cannot imagine how a Church can continue to exist in the long term if half of God’s people suffer from not having access to ordained ministry,” says the general rapporteur of the Synod on Synodality.
“I cannot imagine how a Church can continue to exist in the long term if half of God’s people suffer from not having access to ordained ministry.”
This was the statement made by Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, at a symposium on “Synodality and Preaching the Gospel: Two Fundamental Elements of Pope Francis’ Church Reform,” held last Thursday in Bonn, Germany.
As a bishop, I have also learned that this is not just a demand from some left-wing women’s associations ,” added the former general rapporteur at the Synod on Synodality held in two sessions in 2023/2024.
“When I speak with women in parishes, 90% share this opinion,” he added, indicating that bishops must also take it into account and that he himself has changed his position on the matter.
However, Hollerich urged patience , arguing that, for women from other cultures, the debate over ordination by European women is often perceived as an “artificial problem,” according to the Katholisch website .
“This is a reality we must acknowledge.”
In any case, he emphasized the steps already taken in this regard, for example, following the reform of the Curia implemented by Pope Francis with his apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium, which allows women to occupy leadership positions in the Vatican Curia, something that, according to the Luxembourg cardinal, will continue under the pontificate of Leo XIV.