#PopeFrancis' new revision today to the Code of Canon Law incorporates a 2007 decree from the Vatican's doctrinal office that whoever "attempts to confer a sacred order on a woman" shall be automatically excommunicated from the church (along with the woman) (1/x)
At the #Vatican press conference presenting the new Code, @Cindy_Wooden asked an interesting question of the No. 2 official at the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts:
With #PopeFrancis ordering the study of women deacons why not narrow "sacred" to "priestly" order? (2/x)
With #PopeFrancis ordering the study of women deacons why not narrow "sacred" to "priestly" order? (2/x)
"The law depends on the theological conclusion," Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta responded. "If a different theological conclusion arrives … the norm must be modified."
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