The prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments calls priesthood a ‘divine gift’ in talk at Conciliar Seminary in Mexico City.
By Ana Paula Morales & ACI Prensa, CNA,
This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.
Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, stressed that “the priesthood is unique” and warned that “no council, no synod” can “invent a female priesthood.”
In his conference on the priesthood, entitled “Joyful Servants of the Gospel,” given July 3 at the Conciliar Seminary in Mexico City, the cardinal assured that no one “has the power to transform this divine gift to adapt it and reduce its transcendent value to the cultural and environmental field.” …