About Woman Priests

From: The Catechism of the Catholic Church, ed. Geoffrey Chapman, London 1994, pp. 353-354.

§ 1577. "Only a baptized man (vir) validly receives sacred ordination."[66] The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry.[67] The college of bishops, with whom the priests are united in the priesthood, makes the college of the twelve an ever-present and ever-active reality until Christ's return. The Church recognizes herself to be bound by this choice made by the Lord himself. For this reason the ordination of women is not possible.[68]

     Women being allowed to enter Holy Orders is one of the most heated debates asked today in the Church. Baptized men are currently the only  ones allowed to receive Holy Orders. Some say it is proof of the archaic nature of the Church and should be removed. But  nothing was stopping Jesus, who chose some of the most hated people to become his apostles, from choosing a woman apostle. That means He made the conscience choice not to choose a woman. Not because He thought women were inferior but for some purpose we probably will never understand.