Ireland’s Papal Nuncio insists there will never be women priests in the Catholic Church

There will be women priests, highly likely in my lifetime. They will come and save genuine christianity in Ireland. Untill then I will not be crossing the door of any Catholic Church. I'm tired of these men although a man myself. Ireland has been saved by women before and we have an abundance of strong courageous women , wait ! now I know why they don't want women priests.

This bold refusal to ordain woman has less to do with meaningful "tradition", and everything to do with Papal intransigence. The men in the Vatican know that the moment women are allowed an equal role in Holy Mother Church that's the moment when absolute power begins to slip from the boys's hands. But no matter how stubborn the boys are, the day will eventually come when women will be priests, and everyone will wonder what all the angst and fuss was about.

This Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charlie Brown has been indoctrinated into the belief that there can never be women priests in the Catholic Church. I hope he lives to see the day when there are women priests in the Catholic Church. Jesus treated women as equals, and traditions change. Sincerely, Dr Rosemary Eileen McHugh, Chicago, Illinois

Too too bad, then the church wonders why it has lost, and continues to lose so any members. Won has to wonder why the Catholic church finds women so aberrant- so second class. They certainly didn't when it came to the Blessed VIRGIN Mary. Ahhhhhh, that must be it, you have to be a virgin, and we know that not all priests are "virgins."

Do not encourage women priests because they will rescue this institution from shrinking and possibly disappearing due to a shortage of priests. Fortunately the Pope, like the king of Assyria, can never admit he and his church are wrong, confining the institution over whom he is the absolute monarch to policies that diminish its influence.

Send the wee boy home, till he grows up and stops wearing women's clothes

No woman in her right mind would want to a priest in the Roman Cult. Wombmen are fe male - already whole/holy

It will come to pass as most of the current priests end up in prison for being pedophiles!

His 'reasoning' (a charitable description) is that "tradition" leaves no choice. Lovers of "tradition" would own slaves if lawmakers who value human dignity had not finally outlawed slavery-- a tradition from ancient to modern times. Wars were fought to defend it, and the bible cited to justify it--"choices"! Is it progress that churchmen no longer say that women are too infantile, dependent, and irrational to be priests, which was for centuries their argument? Now their 'reasoning' is "We've always done it this way," which means "Don't ask us to change," which means "We won't even deal with the question." Fluff and nonsense!

Archbishop Charlie Brown - what a perfect name for a blockhead!

Maybe the Irish will found their own church and tell Rome to get stuffed. I suggest they call it the 'Church of Ireland.'