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Re: Catholicism & Women
I have considered returning to the Catholic church.....not because I believe in it, really, but because it is my heritage and I would like to hang my hat somewhere....it would be nice to feel like I'm "home" and that might be the Catholic church because the UPC rejected me and I don't think I would ever feel at home there again even though much of my heart and soul was in it.
I never felt less than in the catholic church as a woman. When I first got into the UPC, I felt lifted up as a woman and respected although that degenerated in time as I became a preacher and the anti-women as preachers and women as inferior became evident.
On the flip side, in the catholic church, women are not allowed to become priests. I think, in religion, what matters most, is how doctrines are PRACTICED and not what is parroted as belief. If the men respect the women, it speaks volumes. Disrespect can happen anywhere under any doctrine.
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