I am a Roman Catholic. Not a fanatic, but I practice enough to keep the franchise. I don`t always agree with the Pope . . . there are issues that concern me, like abortion, contraception, the ordination of women . . . and others. I think the Church should open up.
- Gregory PeckThe fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.
- Pope Benedict XVII think in my own country, at the way we`ve seen through the ordination of women to the priesthood, which I`m delighted about, and that will move on to another level before very long.
- Alex LaughlinThe fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.
- Allan WadeThe people leading the split claim they are representing people in the pews, but these are the same people who in 1954 would split the church over our support of Brown v. Board of Education and who would have split the church in 1976 over the issue of women`s ordination. The issue now is gays and lesbians -- it`s all part of the same struggle.
- Barbara Lindsay