La Conferenza episcopale svizzera ha declassato la presenza strutturata delle donne
S E L A D O N N A - V E S C O V A D I V I D E L E C H I E S E
Da parte sua, il cardinale Walter Kasher ha sostenuto che la recente scelta della Chiesa d´Inghilterra renderà impossibile la riconciliazione tra Canterbury e Roma
A dividere le Chiese erano, una volta, i modi dogmatici per definire il mistero dell´incarnazione or justification, now that on these issues was inaccessible reached a full consensus or near there came other issues - above all, women's ministries - which, for certain, are veritable weeds to eradicate. As demonstrated by some recent events. The first episode has come from Switzerland. Here, the Swiss Bishops' Conference has degraded to a mere "Council" with a "Commission of Women" established seventeen years ago and, practically, downgraded in June. "Our bishops, tied to traditions of other ages," said the magazine of the religious information "Choisir", "dodge the real issues being satisfied with their interlocutors to postpone theological positions gained but questionable or the universal Catholic Church with which they must be in tune. This loophole exempting them from any prophetic gesture. Baffled by the claims of women, attempted a diversion. "This" background "also hangs on the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and Church of England. In the latter, where for decades there are women-pastor, in the last time has been accepted in the women-bishops, but in the Church of England how to ordain women bishops, was launched just six months ago and, as has been acknowledged even by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, they will be only of not less than six years. While accessible only in six years, the goal indicato ha, tuttavia, già messo Roma in stato d´allarme. Infatti, sollecitato dallo stesso Williams, il cardinale Walter Kasher (al vertice del Pontificio Consiglio per l´unità dei cristiani), ha ammonito che, se l´ipotesi divenisse realtà, ciò "che desideriamo tanto ardentemente (la partecipazione condivisa al banchetto del Signore) sarebbe sempre più lontano. Invece di muoverci gli uni verso gli altri, coesisteremmo semplicemente fianco a fianco". Per il peso storico che ha la Chiesa d´Inghilterra, ha sottolineato il cardinale, una scelta simile varrebbe come "indicazione" per il cammino di tutta la Comunione anglicana. Insomma, la scelta della donna-vescova porterebbe "ad un gelo di lunga durata" tra Canterbury and Rome. Moreover, during a meeting with the Roman clergy, about six months ago, Benedict XVI said: "The priestly ministry of the Lord is reserved for men. (...) Ultimately, it is the sacrament which governs the Church." "However", he added that it would be fair to ask if they could not be offered more "responsible positions to women." Apart from more space to women in positions of responsibility, therefore, the node theological background, the pope had reiterated the claims of his predecessor. Now, say that only men can represent Christ opens un'invalicabile contradiction, since the Pope himself seems to admit that the woman can baptize. But, probably, there seems to be another, more serious, "a priori" categories only men can say God But today no longer seems possible to speak of God only in masculine gender. It would be idolatry which distorts the reality of divine life by reducing all its richness to only one dimension of human experience. That of women's ministries, then, is too serious a matter to be left alone in the hands of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
S E L A D O N N A - V E S C O V A D I V I D E L E C H I E S E
Da parte sua, il cardinale Walter Kasher ha sostenuto che la recente scelta della Chiesa d´Inghilterra renderà impossibile la riconciliazione tra Canterbury e Roma
A dividere le Chiese erano, una volta, i modi dogmatici per definire il mistero dell´incarnazione or justification, now that on these issues was inaccessible reached a full consensus or near there came other issues - above all, women's ministries - which, for certain, are veritable weeds to eradicate. As demonstrated by some recent events. The first episode has come from Switzerland. Here, the Swiss Bishops' Conference has degraded to a mere "Council" with a "Commission of Women" established seventeen years ago and, practically, downgraded in June. "Our bishops, tied to traditions of other ages," said the magazine of the religious information "Choisir", "dodge the real issues being satisfied with their interlocutors to postpone theological positions gained but questionable or the universal Catholic Church with which they must be in tune. This loophole exempting them from any prophetic gesture. Baffled by the claims of women, attempted a diversion. "This" background "also hangs on the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and Church of England. In the latter, where for decades there are women-pastor, in the last time has been accepted in the women-bishops, but in the Church of England how to ordain women bishops, was launched just six months ago and, as has been acknowledged even by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, they will be only of not less than six years. While accessible only in six years, the goal indicato ha, tuttavia, già messo Roma in stato d´allarme. Infatti, sollecitato dallo stesso Williams, il cardinale Walter Kasher (al vertice del Pontificio Consiglio per l´unità dei cristiani), ha ammonito che, se l´ipotesi divenisse realtà, ciò "che desideriamo tanto ardentemente (la partecipazione condivisa al banchetto del Signore) sarebbe sempre più lontano. Invece di muoverci gli uni verso gli altri, coesisteremmo semplicemente fianco a fianco". Per il peso storico che ha la Chiesa d´Inghilterra, ha sottolineato il cardinale, una scelta simile varrebbe come "indicazione" per il cammino di tutta la Comunione anglicana. Insomma, la scelta della donna-vescova porterebbe "ad un gelo di lunga durata" tra Canterbury and Rome. Moreover, during a meeting with the Roman clergy, about six months ago, Benedict XVI said: "The priestly ministry of the Lord is reserved for men. (...) Ultimately, it is the sacrament which governs the Church." "However", he added that it would be fair to ask if they could not be offered more "responsible positions to women." Apart from more space to women in positions of responsibility, therefore, the node theological background, the pope had reiterated the claims of his predecessor. Now, say that only men can represent Christ opens un'invalicabile contradiction, since the Pope himself seems to admit that the woman can baptize. But, probably, there seems to be another, more serious, "a priori" categories only men can say God But today no longer seems possible to speak of God only in masculine gender. It would be idolatry which distorts the reality of divine life by reducing all its richness to only one dimension of human experience. That of women's ministries, then, is too serious a matter to be left alone in the hands of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
(Gabriele De Blasi)
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