So how is it women are still excluded from all ordained ministries in the Catholic Church? “Discomfort”, as in: “some women experience discomfort in the church”. Did any of the writers of this report read Out of the Depths about Ludmila Javorova? There is little incentive and no great urgency when all that is at stake is a “discomfort” for women. Soline Humbert is a spiritual director and the author of A Divine Calling: One Woman’s Life-Long Battle for Equality in the Catholic Church, (2025, The Liffey Press)

Source: The Irish Times April 05, 2026 01:01 UTC