Jorge asked if there were priest or priest equivalents in the Moslem, Hindu and Jewish faiths.
I know for a fact that there are female Rabbis in the Jewish faith. Now the Jewish faith or Judaism has various groupings or congregations (I dont like to call them sects) including ultra-orthodox, Conservative Reform. Messianic etc. I believe it is the Reform congregations which are probably the most liberal in the Jewish tradition that have female Rabbis. Some day, later rather than sooner, there will be female priests and priests will once again be allowed to get married. This will only happen when the current crop of priests retire or pass on, and the Catholic church faces a deep crisis. Catholicism and Christianity, as well as Islam come from the Judaic tradition of male priesthood, so change is not easy and will not occur until there is a critical crisis. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Make your mother in Goa happy on Mothers' Day. http://www.goa-world.com/goa/expressions/mothersday/ Limited "Mother's Happiness" packages. First come, first serve. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
