Towards
A
Catholic
Constitution

Leonard Swidler, Andrew M. Greeley (Editor)  

SFBay Catholic Special Section

The Vatican Teaching

Inter Insigniores                                                 (Status: Fallible Teaching)
Declaration of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the question of admission of women to the ministerial priesthood, 1976.

Ordinatio Sacerdotalis Apostolic Letter 1994     (Status: Fallible Teaching)

Responsum Ad Dubium Nov. 1995                  (Status: Fallible Teaching)
Also known as the First Ratzinger Letter

Clarification of Responsum Ad Dubium               (Status: Fallible Teaching)
Also known as the Second Ratzinger Letter.
This is a response of the unexpectently strong criticism of his first letter by the theological and academic community.

Articals In Favor Of The Ban

Women Priests - No Chance by Joanna Bogle
Ms. Bogle is a member of the Orthodox Church and writes from London, England)

Women's Ordination - by Rev. F. Charles Irwin, M.B.A., M.Div., J.D.
A short essay expounding his reasons why the Church cannot ordain women.

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