Female Orientation In The Catholic Church

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What are you beliefs on female ordination? And why?

Catholic Church should progress to including women in the clergy. I do support female ordination in the Catholic Church for these 3 reasons.One, females are just as competent and able to perform the duties of the clergy as males are. Also females make up 50% of a population so it makes sense that females also take part in this profession. Finally, we 're happy to have Female doctors, lawyers, dentists, astronauts, so there is no reason why we can 't have female priests.

I don 't believe in female ordination for the soul purpose of tradition. I think that the church shouldn 't change such radical laws because people today are pushing for it.

3. Do you think the current feminist movement will change
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-Family or household-related issues also figure in this dearth of attendance, including overriding priorities on weekends and the reluctance of other family members to attend weekly liturgy

I think that the two most important reasons for falling mass attendance in the Catholic Church are one, I believe that the Catholic Church has lost a significant amount of trust in the community because of the cause of the recent uncovering of sexual abuse which is being made apparent by the Royal Commission, secondly secondly I believe that peoples lives have become increasingly busy and filled with activities are particularly on weekends now. As a result people appear that people seem to be prioritising sport and other activities over mass attendance

I think it 's the fact that going to church is no longer embedded in our society. We used to go to church every Sunday, do it with friends. Also I think that parents don 't have the time or can 't take them because of a job or Sunday sport.

10. What do you think can be done to help with the falling Mass

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