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  Second, precisely what Ratzinger says is that the GROUNDS for the CDF's OPINION that woman may not be ordained is "the ordinary and universal Magisterium." Now this is a technical term in theology that is seldom used in lay circles, and is now being massively misunderstood, even by priests who ought to know better.
  
  The principle that something is infallible by the ordinary and universal magisterium means that something that has ALWAYS and EVERYWHERE been accepted by ALL Catholics is by that fact alone infallible. 
  
  So the issue of the infallibility of the prohibition of the ordination of women boils down, according to Ratzinger, to a simple question of fact—has the prohibition always and everywhere been accepted by Catholics? 
  
  Ratzinger say Yes, but the overwhelming majority of theologians say No. And every single thinking Catholic has the wherewithal to reason to the conclusion that Ratzinger is wrong.
  
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