UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, November 29, 1995
7A
Vatican keeps some women's dreams from coming true
By Craig Lang Kansan staff writer
As a little girl, Elisabeth Sheridan dreamed of becoming the first female Pope.
Needless to say, the traditions of the Catholic Church shattered that dream early in her life. Sheridan, Lawrence sophomore, said that the members of the Vatican had been stubborn because they refused to adjust to the times.
"The Catholic Church is very into tradition," she said. "The Pope, he doesn't change at all."
Earlier this month, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the head of the Office for the Doctrine of Faith in Vatican City, issued a three-page statement to elaborate on a papal letter written in 1994 on the issue of a male-only clergy. Ratzinger said that the ban against women priests was an irrevocable doctrine and should not even enter into debate.
Vincent Krische, director of the
campus ministry for St. Lawrence
Catholic Center, said that the tradition of men being priests came from the first ministry at the Last Supper, where only men were present.
"In Catholicism, tradition is on the same level as the Scripture," he said.
Krische said that just because women are not allowed to be priests, it did not mean that women did not play an important role in the Catholic Church. He said that women have made great contributions in all forms of ministry.
Kristie said 67 percent of administrators for the Catholic Churches
in the United States were women. "We wouldn't have a church without them," he said.
I am Petet, Topeka senior, said she was aware that women still could serve the church as nuns but that nuns were not equal in status to priests. She said there was still a difference in the amount of sacraments the two were allowed to give.
Petet said that she had been to other churches where women were allowed to be ministers. She said it was at first shocking to see a woman leading the congregation, but that did not keep her from
understanding the sermon.
Petet said that the Catholic Church should follow the example of other churches and allow women to be ordained as priests.
As a feminist, Sheridan said she hoped the church would open its eyes to the world and see that women would be just as effective holding the same positions in the church as men did.
"I'd hope there would be an opportunity for another little girl who wanted to be Pope," she said.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
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