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Women’s Ordination and the Development of DoctrineSr. Sara Butler, MSBTMinistryOrdinationWomen’s Ordination and the Development of Doctrine Sara Butler, MSBT SOME MONTHS AGO, the Catholic papers reported that Patrick Kennedy, Democratic congressman from Rhode Island, was obliged to apologize to Bishop Gelineau for wondering aloud when the Catholic Church would "crawl out from the Stone Age" and ordain women. He understands failure to ordain women to contradict the Gospel message that all people are equal. Young Catholics can probably be excused for thinking everything is in flux. The implementation of the Second Vatican Council's reforms has accustomed us to change and has generated new controversies as the implications of change…Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission1997-10Texttext/htmlhttps://iarccum.org/doc/1136ARCIC-II 406/98https://iarccum.org/doc/1136enARCIC-II : Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission II : Study papers© 1997, Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission