catholic church women

I'm doing my RE homework and I need to know what the Roman Catholic church thinks the type of role catholic women should play in the church is?
(Sorry if that's unclear I didn't know how to put it)
and:
Which type of church would allow women to be vicars?

What reasons do they give for this?


Thanks

Catholics relegate women to non-priestly roles. Some local catholic churches allow them to serve as altar girls along with boys but many have not even gone that far. The same could be said for any role played by a layman - some churches permit it and some do not.

For a list of church bodies that permit the ordination of women, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination_ of_women

The biblical basis for allowing it is most clearly stated in Galatians 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

2009-09-19 12:47:42 by Sam

The Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests is a part of the international Roman Catholic Women Priests movement within the Roman Catholic ...

What is the significance of Catholic women wearing a veil or hat when attending Mass?

Wearing a mantilla is a sign of respect for God and comes from Paul's admonition that women should have their heads covered when they pray.

1 Corinthians 11:5-6 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

After Vatican II, the rules concerning women wearing a head covering were relaxed, and now it's very rare to see someone wearing a veil or mantilla. Personally, I always thought it was a beautiful custom, and I hate to see it done away with.

2010-03-02 11:30:22 by Simple Truth

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I've wondered why the Catholic women stopped wearing hats to church? I've lived across the street from a large Catholic church for the last 50 years. This home was my parents, and when they both passed away at the same time in a auto accident, I was left their home. Even when I married, me and my husband stayed in this home and raised our children here. Anyway I watched from my window the changes in the church as the years go by and often wondered why the hats came off, when at one time they could not enter without covering their heads. I'm just curious I guess.
where in the Bible does it say a woman is to cover her head?

ALL people used to wear hats whenever they went out in public, and Church was no exception. After people stopped wearing hats when they went out, ladies still wore them to Church because the Bible says that women should cover their heads as a sign of humility -- the idea being that a woman's hair is part of what makes her beautiful, so she should cover that up so that everybody can focus on the beauty of the Lord.

It is a discipline that still exists -- in other words, Catholic women should still cover their hair when in Church -- but it is not enforced in the U.S. If a woman (of any faith) were to visit St. Peter's at the Vatican, she would be required to cover her hair before entering.

Read chapter 11 of 1 Corinthians for details about why women should cover their heads in church and men should not.

I have to wonder, though, why you stand by your window and watch people going to church for all these years instead of going yourself? You'd get a lot more out of the experience if you actually went in.

Contrary to what some suggested above, Vatican II did NOT change the rules about women wearing head covering. A U.S. newspaper reporter published something along that lines, but that reporter was mistaken. The rule remains.

Similarly, Fridays are still days of penance for Catholics. Eating meat is one option -- other options are doing a work of mercy (like serving at a soup kitchen), adding extra prayers to your normal observance, etc. The reason this was adjusted was to reflect the culture -- fish used to be cheap and beef was expensive, now the reverse is true and beef is the cheap food.

Also, we still give up meat on Fridays during Lent.

NOT observing penitent Fridays is only a venial sin, so eating meat on Fridays was NEVER a mortal sin.

2009-01-22 17:43:48 by AnnG

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Why does the Catholic Church (and many Protestant churches) restrict women from holding positions in the church?
It is clear that the early church had women leaders and that Paul approved of this. He had at least one female deacon and had rules for how women should behave if they were deacons.

Romans 16:1. Her name was Phoebe.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention I was wrongly becoming of the opinion that Paul must have been a misogynist and wondering why women were not held to be of much value by him. Showing me this has made me feel differently.

2008-12-10 12:15:38 by Free Stuff in 2012

I understand that the Catholic church disapproves the use of birth control, because they believe sexual intercourse should always have the chance for procreation.

I was wondering though if they are opposed to women being on the birth control pill for medical reasons? Like PCOS, infertility, PMDD, etc.

They oppose using contraception, so if you're not having sex on it, I don't see how it is an issue. I have a friend with PCOS and know how hard it is for her, she may never be able to have kids because of it, and she has to stay on the pill to keep herself from being in excruciating pain from it.

So her choice is pain or kids, and I think saying she shouldn't be using such drugs for non-contraceptive reasons is just silly.

2009-06-30 19:44:39 by penny