The goal is to provide the original text, an english translation, and a pdf scan of the relevant pages from notitiae or other source. Carta apostolica ordinatio sacerdotalis, do papa joao paulo ii. This website organizes responses, explanations, and decrees from notitiae and sometimes from other sources such as aas. Priestly ordination, which hands on the office entrusted by christ to his apostles of teaching, sanctifying, and governing the faithful, has in the catholic church from the beginning always been reserved to men alone. Towards a local model of collegiality by enrico valintino parry submitted in. Uses html5 to display pdf files directly in the browser. Priestly ordination, which hands on the office entrusted by christ to his apostles.
This tradition has also been faithfully maintained by the oriental churches. Epistula apostolica ad patriarchas, archiepiscopos, episcopos. Statement on ordination sacerdotalis women for faith. An old but still useful monograph of benson on saint cyprian of carthage. The controversy surrounding the ordination of women to the catho lic priesthood is a question.
Congregation for catholic education for educational. Most documents on our website are posted in one or more of three formats. Download free acrobat reader dc software, the only pdf viewer that lets you read, search, print, and interact with virtually any type of pdf file. Priestly ordination, which hands on the office entrusted by christ to his apostles of teaching, sanctifying and governing the faithful, has in the catholic church from the beginning always been reserved to men alone. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Aufstze, referate, gutachten, lexikaartikel, rezensionen. Weakland text of a statement by archbishop rembert g. Ordinatio sacerdotalis is the apostolic letter in which john paul ii declared that the church has no authority to ordain women to the priesthood. Commission for the catechism of the catholic church. Pope paul vi held six consistories between 196577 that raised 143 men to the cardinalate in his fifteen years as pope. Weakland, may 31, 1994, on the popes apostolic letter, ordinatio sacerdotalis.
Apostolic letter on reserving priestly ordination to men alone his holiness pope john paul ii may 22, 1994. Carmody the double cross ordination, abortion and catholic feminism 1986. See how the adobe acrobat dc interface makes it easy to access files, find the right tool, and quickly complete almost any pdf task. Exemplaria pdf exstant etiam textuum nondum transcriptorum. Concerning the reply of the congregation for the doctrine. Apostolic letter on reserving priestly ordination to men. Divine worship and the discipline of the sacraments. They were held on 22 february 1965, 27 cardinals, 26 june 1967, 27 cardinals, 28 april 1969, 34 cardinals, 5 march 1973, 30 cardinals, 24 may 1976, 20 cardinals, and, 27 june 1977, 4 cardinals. Apostolic letter on reserving priestly ordination to men alone.