Cincinnati Enquirer polls on women's ordination

Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk has banned Sister Louise Akers from teaching in the diocese because of her support for the ordination of women in the Catholic Church.  The simple summary of the article is this quote:

"The principle here is that someone who is teaching in the name of the church should be in accord with the teachings of the church," said archdiocese spokesman Dan Andriacco.

What the article doesn't get across clearly enough is that the ordination of women is an impossibility in the Catholic Church; instead, it polls its readership with the question "Should the Church allow women to be ordained as priests?"  Regardless of whether a person thinks the Church should allow women to be ordained, the Church simply cannot.

Please take a minute to take the poll and let Cincinnati know that the Church shouldn't try to do something she can't.

Photos from the Episcopal Ordination of Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia, OP

The Episcopal Ordination of
Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia, OP
Titular Archbishop of Oregon City
Secretary for the Congregation for Divine Worship
and the Discipline of the Sacraments

This is where I was all day today. I met His Excellency the new Archbishop who gave me a blessing. He also blessed a copy of my book, Praying the Mass: The Prayers of the People, as I asked for his prayers for its successful publication. I also met His Eminence William Cardinal Levada (who ordained Archbishop Di Noia). And I said hello to Fr. Peter Cameron, OP (editor of the Magnificat), who remembered me from the presentation he gave at my parish several months ago!