One thing is certain about the next Pope
The Pope, as you probably know, passed away on Monday.
I was born into the Catholic religion but left the church after my first CCD class � ironically, after learning about the existence of the Pope.
Even at a young age, I had a problem with authority.
Now the Catholic Church must choose a new leader for the 1.39 billion Catholics around the world, and it still astounds me that the only candidates eligible for this position are men.
Also, only men are allowed to participate in choosing the next Pope.
A bunch of men will choose a man to lead the church.
A church serving nearly 18% of the Earth’s population is still being operated by a sexist, patriarchal regime that forbids women from serving in leadership roles.
It’s crazy. Right?
Ancient and backward and wrong.
I’m no longer a Catholic � I probably never was a Catholic by the truest sense of the word � but as a human, this system of patriarchal leadership strikes me as deeply flawed, incredibly unjust, and undeniably immoral. It inherently implies that men are significantly better than women and that women are incapable of leading large institutions.
Many branches of Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism have eliminated their patriarchal leadership structures, so perhaps the Catholic Church will do the same someday, but when and if that day happens, it will be far too late in coming and will have denied unknowable numbers of women a rightful and perhaps necessary place leading the church.
It’s 2025. It’s crazy to think that women are still blocked from leadership positions in the largest church on the planet.
Right?
