A Christmas Wish which never must be granted

A Christmas Wish which never must be granted
The debate has been ongoing for decades. Yet the ordination of women as deacons continues to face resistance. Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), calls it a "very large and pressing gap in justice."
Irme Stetter-Karp, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), has reiterated her demand for the implementation of the ordination of women as deacons. She told the Düsseldorf-based "Rheinische Post" that there is a "very large and pressing gap in justice" within the Catholic Church.
The issue of women's roles is becoming increasingly urgent worldwide. "I see that women are being shown a limit here per se, a limit that is no longer unquestioned theologically," said the representative of Catholic laity in Germany. "Why shouldn't vocations be recognized simply because they are experienced by women?"
Stetter-Karp referred to a debate from the 1970s. At the Synod in Würzburg, the ordination …