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[quote:o3ucln9k]I don’t see any reason a female could not be a priest[/quote:o3ucln9k]
When the question of the ordination of women arose in the Anglican Communion, Pope Paul VI, out of fidelity to his office of safeguarding the Apostolic Tradition, and also with a view to removing a new obstacle placed in the way of Christian unity, reminded Anglicans of the position of the Catholic Church: “She holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include: the example recorded in the Sacred Scriptures of Christ choosing his Apostles only from among men; the constant practice of the Church, which has imitated Christ in choosing only men; and her living teaching authority which has consistently held that the exclusion of women from the priesthood is in accordance with God’s plan for his Church.”

[i:o3ucln9k]Ordinatio Sacerdotalis[/url:o3ucln9k][/i:o3ucln9k], Pope John Paul II

Just because people are created equal does not mean everyone is meant to fulfill the same role. Men are fathers, women are mothers, but they are equal in dignity.