Just as the diocese struggled to find its place more than 175 years ago with the tireless work of Saint John Neumann and our founding Bishop, John Timon, the diocese
Buffalo, New York (PRWEB) March 31, 2022 Author and Eucharistic Minister at Our Lady of Charity Parish, Margaret Mary O’Connor, nods in agreement when
friend who jokes of course it will be men first. but i think the thing we need to look at is women are leaders in the church without ordination, and this is one of the big aspects that needs to be acknowledged within the catholic church. i was just at a meeting at the vatican. and women in many of those vatican roles are quite possible without ordination. and so i think there are two pieces that the pope needs to look at, one is the priest shortage and how do we get more priests into communities and then the second is how do we get women s voices into leadership. those are two questions, and i think he needs to answer both. one is a step forward. we need to see more in that direction. sounds like you ve got another trip on the horizon back to the vatican to convey some of that. sister simone campbell, thank you so much. appreciate it. glad to be with you. and speaking of the christian faith, tonight tune in to cnn s series finding jesus.
if the issue is a priest shortage, there s an easy fix half the population is excluded from that job right now, maybe it will also lead to that. i don t know if it s an easy fix. frankly, for the first thousand years in the church s history, it was expected, it was commonplace that you practice celibacy. it wasn t codified until the 12th century. there s been a lot of talk since. cardinal egan, when he left as archbishop of new york, said maybe it s time to put it on the table. say you do it and you re a priest and you get a call to do a funeral on a saturday morning. then your wife tells you, but honey, you know, your son or daughter s got a soccer game. guess who s who that will get pitched to. my concern is the single priest most of them at least in a transition period will wind up with the burdens. the calls t night, the wife is sick, give it to joe. joe is single. and then you ve got the order priest, but one-third of the priests, the jesuits, dominicans