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Brother Warren Perrotto, MSC
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Hi, guys —
Recently, I was told by a religious sister
that during the Communist regime of Czechoslovakia
the Vatican approved ordained women to celebrate
Mass underground. When the Communist regime
ended, the Vatican switched its position and
said that the ordinations were invalid.
Brother Warren
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Did
the Vatican ordain women to celebrate Mass during the Communist
regime of Czechoslovakia? }
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John
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Hi, Brother Warren —
Thanks for your question.
This is pure nonsense. If this were
the case, it would mean the Church
reversed Herself on a matter of faith
and morals. That is impossible. Further,
it would mean that the Church is
now lying about a matter of faith
and morals; that would mean that
the Gates of Hell had prevailed against
the Church. That, of course, would
mean that the promise of Christ to
protect the Church against the gates
of Hell meant nothing. (Matthew 16:13-20)
The logical conclusion would then
be that Christ is not God and the
Church is a demonic, lying institution.
That's it in a nutshell. So either
the Church is lying or this religious sister
is lying or distorting something
to promote a radical social agenda
at the expense of the truth and the
sacraments of the Church.
John
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Eric
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I had not heard of this.
These claims seem to arise from the
claims of Ludmila Javorová and
pertain to Bishop Felix Maria Davídek who apparently attempted to ordain
her secretly. While all I'm going
on is the data in Wikipedia, it does
not appear any permission from Rome
was sought, and, in fact, Bishop
Davídek had been responsible
for several irregular ordinations
and was forced to cease acting as
a bishop by the Holy See. The article on Javorová, says,
| "The ordination of women was a
highly controversial theme within
Davídek's group and played
a role in its splitting in the
early 1970s. Davídek himself
concealed Javorová's ordination
from many of his co-workers. Davídek
demanded written promises of absolute
silence on the matter from
people participating in his secret
ordinations." |
This does not sound like something
done above-board.
I think what we have here is a loose
cannon, not an endorsement from Rome.
The ordination attempt was in 1970,
five years before the Holy See made
an official statement ruling out
women's ordination. It seems unlikely
that the Holy See would have changed
its mind in such a short period of
time.
Eric
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Mary
Ann replied:
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Brother Warren —
In any case, the ordination wouldn't take,
and would not create a priest.
Mary Ann
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Brother
Warren replied:
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Thank you so much!
Brother Warren Perrotto, MSC
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Aurora, Illinois
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