text: It is this exact attitude that pushed me out of the Catholic and into the Episcopal Church. For many years I was able to reconcile my understanding of Christ's teachings with the work of the Catholic church, but then I realized that the church does not really have a desire to welcome women fully and with dignity.  We are instead treated either as the cause of all of mankind's woes or as inhuman statues on pedestals.  In both cases, we are not seen as equals.  It is always hurtful to hear the leadership in the Catholic church make pronouncements such as these.