Religion & Spirituality - 10 Answers
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No to the pope, yes to working in the Vatican.
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women can't even be priests, much less Pope. The Catholic Church is an archaic and very sexist organization.
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A woman cannot be pope because religion is in the dark ages and runs rampant with sexism along with hypocricy and corruption. However a woman CAN work in the vatican..I've seen maids and stuff.
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Women cannot be pope, but women can and do work in the Vatican.
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Years ago there was a Pope Joan.
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Work in the Vatican? Yes Pope? No To become the Bishop of Rome one must be: 1. Male 2. A baptized Catholic. And no there has not been a "Pope Joan". There have been numerous rumors of "female popes" which usually surface when there has been scandal in the church or concerning the church. I know the Calvinists in the 16th century propagated this idea as did the Napoleonic French. There's no evidence of there ever being a woman in the "seat of Peter" as they say.
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No woman can be pope because a woman cannot be ordained to the priesthood. There are lots of women working in the Vatican.
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No women can not be priest or the pope in the Church. They can however, work in the Vatican. In fact numerous women work in clerical positions in the Vatican. The church still holds to the biblical principles of the priesthood.
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No and yes. Women do work in the Vatican. At this time, no women are ordained in the Catholic Church. + Ordination of Women + WWJD? What would Jesus do? The Catholic Church currently teaches: The Lord Jesus chose men to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry. The Church recognizes herself to be bound by this choice made by the Lord himself. For this reason the ordination of women is not possible. For more information see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1577: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt3.shtml#1577 With love in Christ.
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According to scripture women can not be preachers. You can call this sexist but its the truth. In the Jewish culture women and children was considered second class citizens. Every description given in the Bible of what a priest or rabbi should be describes a man. Thus this is the stance of the Catholic church. God Bless!
