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The South China Morning Post of Hong Kong described the action as a severe blow to efforts to normalize diplomatic relations between China and the Vatican and said that "the timing of the ceremony at a Beijing cathedral appeared to be an open challenge to the Pope, just hours before he was due to ordain 12 new bishops from around the world at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome."
The extent to which the expression has found favor was brought home a few weeks ago when Archbishop Harry Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis traveled to Rome to ordain a Minnesota-bound candidate for the priesthood.
"KAETHE (Offering the briefcase): NOW can you ordain me?"
But churches that ordain female clergy might have their own "woman problem" in accepting a scaled-back papacy that came with theological strings attached.
And one more thing: The Eastern churches do not, and likely never will, ordain women.