UNITED STATES
National Catholic Reporter
Caitlin Hendel | Jan. 8, 2015
Is it possible Cardinal Raymond Burke says these things just to watch the response from the good folks at NCR and from women around the world?
Perhaps, but I’ll bite anyway.
In an interview with a group called The New Emangelization (get it? eMANgelization because it’s a ministry for men, although I thought that was already called the priesthood), Burke decries the influence of women in the church, saying an increased focus on them has “feminized” the church.
According to Burke, there are way too many women on the altar these days — servers, lectors, eucharistic ministers, oh my! Who let them get on the other side of the altar rail? Oh, wait, no more altar rails. Maybe that explains it.
“Apart from the priest, the sanctuary has become full of women,” he said. “The activities in the parish and even the liturgy have been influenced by women and have become so feminine in many places that men do not want to get involved.”
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