Sometimes a cool head is needed

December 15, 2025

Just a word to commend and thank Terry Fewtrell for his clearly argued and cool response to the Vatican’s recent release on the ordination of women to the deaconate. My response was less cool and rational. More like a shaking of the head and a grimace bordering on cynicism at such facile arguments put forward in the Vatican statement,

I too paused over the reference to “a rupture of the nuptial meaning of salvation.” Risible indeed. Ridiculous. It seems that only the male species was created in God’s likeness, God who is neither male, nor female, etc. etc. Funny, that.

One might wonder if a different committee chair would have resulted in a different outcome.

Anyway, thank you Terry, for bringing cool calm reason to your response, because some of us are finding that very difficult on this occasion.