If Benedict is so worried about schism that he'd decided to reinstate the

[hedgehog]

St. Pius X folks, what about these people?

http://www.romancatholicwomenpriests.org/

http://www.southernstudies.org/2008/11/peace-activist-rev-roy-bourgeois-heads.html

[47of74]

1. His priorities are really out of whack

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

2. Ironically, when Benedict was Ratzinger, he was in favor of exploring

the possibility of a female deaconate, and worked hard to correct SSPX-sympathetic clergy.

[Matilda]

3. Why should the Catholic Church be exempt from equal opportunity laws?

I'm quite serious about this - many businesses kicked and screamed
when equality of opportunity was first discussed, but there are few
who don't accept it now.

Why should an exception be made for the Church?