The Collaboration Of Women In The Catholic Church

The most obvious clue that identifies a human-being ethnically is the rights he or she possesses. As is well-known, human rights are the foundation which establishes a very existence of human-beings, they are indeed at the very bottom of life pyramid. When people think of the human rights that serve themselves unconditionally, they take them for granted and no longer concern the people who are less fortunate. While, religion on the other hand has also a strong power that governs people’s lives. According to the data updated on August 19, 2016 on a personal website of Richard Bruce, the percentage of religious people worldwide is 84%. Seemingly, these two “super powers” are peacefully existing and both affecting people in different aspects

Among the most controversial arguments in the Catholic Church in the late 20th century and early 21st has been the question of the ordination of women and the debate still exists. The Catholic churches only permit women to pray and prophesy publicly, they cannot teach or have authority over men and women cannot question or challenge the teaching of the clergy. Based on Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph #1577, “’only a baptized man (vir) validly receives sacred ordination.’ The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry. For this reason the ordination of women is not possible” (CCC 1577), the reason that churches reject women's ordination, is having women as priests is incompatible with Christian faith. Thus, together with biblical declarations, the teaching of the Catholic Fathers on this issue form the tradition of the Church that priestly ordination is reserved to men. Throughout medieval times and even up until the present day, this teaching has not changed. To many Catholic women, these arguments have ceased to be convincing. In their opinions, Church leadership is an “Old Boy’s Club using ‘God’s will’” as an excuse to avoid ceding any executive power to women. Some Catholic women insist that the excuse is a distinct discrimination, and they are starting to ask

In Africa and a few other Muslim countries, girls need to undergo a painful ritual which is Female Genital Mutilation when they reach a certain age. This is a typical Islamic ritual, that is cutting of the clitoris of girls in order to curb their sexual desire and maintain their virginity before marriage. In Muslim cultures, women are less responsible for attributing the family than men so they are treated relatively inferiorly as well on the basis of Quran (2:228), “And the men are a degree above them [women]”. The practice, in most Muslim countries, has tremendous consequences: many girls bleed to death or die of infection due to the unsanitary equipments and uneducated techniques. Most are mentally traumatized. Those who survive will suffer from health problems during marriage, pregnancy and even their whole life. Thus, religion is not only theology but also a practical praxis that can literally harm people psychologically and biologically. Female genital mutilation is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects a solid inequality between the genders, and conducts an extreme form of discrimination against women in Muslim religious cultures. Female genital mutilation as a Muslim religious practice apparently violates human rights. In