{"id":3390,"date":"2010-07-28T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T15:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2010-12-25T23:12:06","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T05:12:06","slug":"bishop-of-osnabruck-on-women-in-the-catholic-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/28\/bishop-of-osnabruck-on-women-in-the-catholic-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop of Osnabruck on Women in the Catholic Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic bishop of Osnabruck, Germany, Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, thinks that more power for women might possibly have prevented some of the abuse in the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe disaster that we experienced in the abuse scandal should actually have led to a radical rethinking of the question of power and the sharing of power in the Church,\u201d said Bode. The abuse scandal has shown \u201chow important the competence of women is, and how much a closed society of men fostered abnormalities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bishop expressed his hope for the ordination of women to the diaconate, but noted that this is not likely in the immediate future.<\/p>\n<p>While the Bishop considers the Roman rejection of women\u2019s ordination to the priesthood to be binding, he notes this about the experience of the Church: \u201cDisputed question which do not arrive at peaceful resolution over a long period take on their own theological quality. 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