Sr Becquart: Inventing "Deaconesses" Could Be Left to Bishops' Conferences
Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the former Synod of Bishops, told the German newspaper 'Die Tagespost' (25 April) that there is currently "no consensus" on the introduction of a diaconate …More
Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the former Synod of Bishops, told the German newspaper 'Die Tagespost' (25 April) that there is currently "no consensus" on the introduction of a diaconate for women.
But she thinks it would be "a possibility" to leave the diaconate of women to the individual bishops' conferences (sic).
There is already a diversity of [lay] ministries worldwide, she says: "The synod could emphasise this diversity by further decentralising it".
Sister Becquart believes that Francis cannot or will not make a decision at this time. He has therefore again delegated the issue of women deacons to a commission. At the same time, he is "definitely" open to the "question" of the diaconate for women, but will "take a different path".
Sister Becquart sees her leadership of the Ex-Synod as a consequence of a "decoupling leadership positions from priestly ordination".
Francis is also doing this in the Roman Curia by appointing lay people or women to [useless] positions …More
But she thinks it would be "a possibility" to leave the diaconate of women to the individual bishops' conferences (sic).
There is already a diversity of [lay] ministries worldwide, she says: "The synod could emphasise this diversity by further decentralising it".
Sister Becquart believes that Francis cannot or will not make a decision at this time. He has therefore again delegated the issue of women deacons to a commission. At the same time, he is "definitely" open to the "question" of the diaconate for women, but will "take a different path".
Sister Becquart sees her leadership of the Ex-Synod as a consequence of a "decoupling leadership positions from priestly ordination".
Francis is also doing this in the Roman Curia by appointing lay people or women to [useless] positions …More
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Maria delos Angeles
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Do me a favour luv, go back to the kitchen.
Father Karl A Claver
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She is a person who HATES men. As Rush would say, she is a feminazi.
Denis Efimov
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If she is a "sister", then where is her habit? And why is her head filled with such crazy, heretical, protestant, apostate thoughts? Or is she a "sister" in some protestant sect? That's right, this is the "Synodal Church".