Why Can’t Women Be Priests? Eastern Rite, Pope, and Magisterium

“Can women be priests?” This question opens a discussion on the roles of gender within the Church, touching on the norms that allow married priests in the Eastern Rite but not in the Latin Rite. Other topics include whether the Pope could teach ex cathedra without consulting the Magisterium and advice for fostering a young boy’s appreciation for the Mass.

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Questions Covered:

• 02:33 - Can you clarify the norms that dictate that men can be married priests in the Eastern right Catholic Church but not latin right?
• 12:14 - Would the Pope ever teach ex cathedra without consulting with the magisterium?
• 17:03 - What advice would you give a young father of a boy so he has an appreciation for the Mass?
• 29:45 - Cy says all kids need is Mr. Rogers
• 30:33 - Does dispensationalism have a different understanding of what the Gospel is and what a Christian is?
• 40:38 - Why can’t women be priests?
• 47:30 - Are there other Apostolic Churches other than the Coptic, Orthodox and Catholic?
• 51:52 - Why does the conversation turn to whether a Pope is liberal or conservative, shouldn’t the conversation be, is he orthodox?