Francis' openness to studying the possibility of women serving as deacons could represent an historic shift for the global Catholic church, which does not ordain women as clergy.—Joshua J. McElwee . . . or as Colossians 1:12 words it, “Let us give thanks to the Father, who has made you” good Sisters “fit to share in the inheritance of the holy ones in light.”  Liturgy of the Word, Reading 162C, Sunday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time II

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The theology culture of dominion is a culture of repression, suppression and depression.—sylvester(pat)steffen . . . which may help explain why this Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King only got on the Western liturgical calendar in 1925.

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 That mostly men were leaders of religion in the past, as they were rulers of nations in the past, is historical and cultural.—ATF  Too bad, Hillary for now and the male Saint Hillary of Poitiers (c. 310-c. 387).