November 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#tldr
“No girls should be invited to serve at the altar … it should always be young boys.”
His reason? “This is a main source of vocations to priesthood.” …the cardinal thinks female altar servers will cut down seminary applications & is “a risk (he) cannot take.”
#religiousmisogyny
“No girls should be invited to serve at the altar … it should always be young boys.”
His reason? “This is a main source of vocations to priesthood.” …the cardinal thinks female altar servers will cut down seminary applications & is “a risk (he) cannot take.”
#religiousmisogyny
December 24, 2024 at 12:21 AM
#tldr
“No girls should be invited to serve at the altar … it should always be young boys.”
His reason? “This is a main source of vocations to priesthood.” …the cardinal thinks female altar servers will cut down seminary applications & is “a risk (he) cannot take.”
#religiousmisogyny
“No girls should be invited to serve at the altar … it should always be young boys.”
His reason? “This is a main source of vocations to priesthood.” …the cardinal thinks female altar servers will cut down seminary applications & is “a risk (he) cannot take.”
#religiousmisogyny
#tldr
“No girls should be invited to serve at the altar … it should always be young boys.”
His reason? “This is a main source of vocations to priesthood.” …the cardinal thinks female altar servers will cut down seminary applications & is “a risk (he) cannot take.”
#religiousmisogyny
“No girls should be invited to serve at the altar … it should always be young boys.”
His reason? “This is a main source of vocations to priesthood.” …the cardinal thinks female altar servers will cut down seminary applications & is “a risk (he) cannot take.”
#religiousmisogyny
Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has taken the lead in keeping women away from the altar. Last October, he decreed that there would be no female altar servers in his archdiocese.
Sri Lankan cardinal bans female altar servers, but why?
(RNS) — Reckoning the cost of an archbishop having his way.
religionnews.com
December 24, 2024 at 12:21 AM
#tldr
“No girls should be invited to serve at the altar … it should always be young boys.”
His reason? “This is a main source of vocations to priesthood.” …the cardinal thinks female altar servers will cut down seminary applications & is “a risk (he) cannot take.”
#religiousmisogyny
“No girls should be invited to serve at the altar … it should always be young boys.”
His reason? “This is a main source of vocations to priesthood.” …the cardinal thinks female altar servers will cut down seminary applications & is “a risk (he) cannot take.”
#religiousmisogyny