BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH  - why should anyone listen to us when we do not practice what we preach in the places where we have absolute authority, and could easily create real equality, that not only would effect our church's horrid record on pay, opportunity, and authority disparity between men and women but also effect dramatically, by its example, those elements outside of our churches worldwide.

We pay appx. $400,00 for each male priesthood bound seminarian for education, housing, food and clothing while we pay nothing to women.  Many of these seminarians do not even get ordained and they don't pay all that money back when they don't, and some become priests only for a year or so and pay no money back.  Priests or above can become Bishops and Cardinals and Popes even though many of them are not well qualified for their positions and women can't even apply.  The best paying jobs in our church always go to men.  Cure the sexism, by ordaining women priests, before lecturing others.