Why Women’s Ordination Doesn’t Get Traction

The May 2024 issue of Commonweal featured a symposium titled “Women and the Priesthood.” All four contributors to the symposium were Catholic women, and all four argued that the Catholic priesthood—historically and currently denied to women—was in fact where women belonged. Each of the four arguments was different, however, and they represented a fair survey of the most persuasive claims to be made by women’s-ordination advocates. Read Full Article »