WATCH: Pope Leo’s Mass has woman distributing Holy Communion
Contrary to Leo, Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI refused to allow women to distribute Communion at papal Masses.
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Articles tagged Ministeria quaedam
Pope Francis institutes 23 women as Lectors, described as ‘tectonic shift’ in Catholic Tradition
Following his Canon Law changes in 2021, Pope Francis has now instituted men and women as Lectors four times, citing the 'common priesthood' in doing so. Liturgical scholars have warned that such actions contradict centuries of Catholic Tradition.
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Pope Francis institutes female ‘lectors’ again at Vatican continuing ‘rupture from Catholic tradition’
Liturgist Dr. Kwasniewski wrote that Pope Francis' altering of Canon Law to allow female lectors 'commits a double categorical error by conflating the dignity of the baptized with the dignity of active liturgical ministry.'
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Pope hails post-Vatican II liturgical moves, calls for ‘dialogue’ to promote lay and female ministries
Pope Francis called for discussions amongst the world’s bishops to further promote the changes to the Church promoted after Vatican II. His letter was described as pushing ‘a revolutionary process.’
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Pope Francis institutes first female lectors, catechists at Vatican in apparent ‘attack’ on all-male priesthood
Pope Francis' installation of female Lectors and Catechists, under his revised Canon Law, was described as an 'attack' on the priesthood.
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Pope Francis opens up formerly male liturgical roles to women
Dr. Peter Kwasniewski sees the attempted move to incorporate women into liturgical ministry as ‘a kind of sop thrown to the feminists in the Church.’
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