text: Congratulations on this initiative to support women seeking priestly ordination. The male-only priesthood is a consequence of original sin.  It is the religious manifestation of Genesis 3:16.  The patriarchal priesthood of the Old Law was subject to this curse, but the sacramental priesthood of the New Law is ministerial, not patriarchal.  Patriarchal religiosity is a diabolical malignancy that can be healed only by the Holy Spirit.  This is my summary of where we are in the healing process:
  
  Religious Patriarchy in the Judeo-Christian Tradition
  http://pelicanweb.org/CCC.TOB.html#CHRONOLOGY