With women in their place, the celibate bishops of the Catholic Church elected a Pope that will set policy and dictate personal conduct to millions of people. Excluding women from the decision making process not only is discriminatory, but undemocratic, and further demonstrates the failure of the Church to come to terms with full female equality. It highlights the celibate lifestyle as an abnormality of nature inconsistent with the Biblical counsel to “go forth and multiply.”
Katherine Aliferis
Franklin Square resident
