When will there be a female pope?

Question

and if not...why?

I would love to become the pope, dismantle the vatican and give out the loot.

Answer 1

Hello,

(ANS) The catholic church is a patriarcal institution, it is dominated by men, run & controlled by men and has always been run by men ever since its conception. These men including the pope have always striven hard to maintain male control indeed their own exsistence depends upon maintaining the same status quo for ever and ever.

I cannot ever visualise a time when the pope will be a woman, if woman were to become pope they wouldnt have such rediculous & stupid & dangerous ideas about sexuality, birth control and STD's or homosexuality (only sad old men could invent such utter non sense and get other people to beleive them!!).

Female pope it aint going to happen!!

IR

Answer 2

I think there'd be an American Pope before a female one, no offense.

But they said that the Pope would never be American either, out of fear that it may even look like the Americans trying to control the church as well as everything else. Although I understand the concern, if the Pope was really of and from God, it really shouldn't matter where he(or she) is from. This puts the Pope as more of a global political figure rather then a religious leader. After all, when do we hear from the Pope? When there is a political issue that the church feels it needs to address.

If a female was made Pope (again no offense), then there may some new crazy changes and doctrine that come around. But then again. Maybe that's what the Catholics need; After all they've changed doctrine through out history

Answer 3

Probably never.

The Vatican's cardinals select a new Pope when the old one dies. It's pretty much always a cardinal although it's open to any cardinal, bishop or priest. Untill women can become Catholic priests they can't become Pope and after roughly 2,000 years those prospects look pretty slim.

The idea is that the Pope is the vicar, or living embodiment of Christ's will on earth. He's house-sitting, if you will, Christianity untill Jesus returns to judge the living and the dead.

It's not so much that the Catholic church hates women, although current novels, religious leaders and films attest otherwise -- and the Church hasn't always been a champion of female lib -- it's just that this is the way Jesus set things up.

Before he left he told Peter, "Dude, you're in charge of taking care of these people when I'm gone." And lo, Peter was the first pope. They've followed that tradition ever since.

Answer 4

I'm not a Catholic but I think it highly unlikely there will be a female pope any time soon. The Catholics believe that, because all of Jesus' original twelve disciples were men, that leadership in the church should be male.

However, baptists in the UK have had female pastors since 1922. Jesus did have other followers who were female, people who listened to his teachings and some of the leaders in the early church were definitely female. I would say his original 12 were male because of the culture around him. When the church branched out to other cultures this changed.

Answer 5

Well you know the apostle said that you are neither male nor female, neither jew nor greek. So if we are all equal in the sight of God. and he is not a respector of people then you can have a feamle pope. Actually pope joan was the first female pope. But the catholic practice directly against the teaching of the apostles and Christ on all matters. So does it matter.

Answer 6

I suspect never, but I live for the day......
If there was opportunity for a female Pope I am sure it would help restore the Church's popularity in many countries.
It would take years to achieve - I mean it's not as if there are many female candidates today , we would have to wait for potential candidates to progress up the Church hierarchy.

Answer 7

Only God knows.

+ Ordination of Women +

The Catechism of the Catholic Church currently states:

The Lord Jesus chose men to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry.

The Church recognizes herself to be bound by this choice made by the Lord himself. For this reason the ordination of women is not possible.

http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt3.htm#1577

+ Legend of Pope Joan +

There is a legend of Pope Joan that has little or not documentation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Joan

With love in Christ.

Answer 8

before you can get a female pope, women have to be able to be ordained as priest......... first step first. from being a priest, you have to become a bishop and then a cardinal....

boy, that seems a very long time from now, if ever.....
doubt it, though. we have not even had a female president in the u.s.a.....that just shows you.....lol

also, the present pope is ONLY the second non-italian pope, next to john paul II. evolution takes time!

Answer 9

There has been one already. her name was Pope Agnus. After her death, the cardinals were stunned---those who did not know it already. Since the stunned-cardinals were in majority, they decided to dethrone her from Papacy. Read the list of Popes. you find one missing period. As if there was no Pope in that missing era. There was one. * The Female Pope Agnus.

Answer 10

Never, because the pope is the Vicar of Christ on earth and Christ is a man not a woman.
It's already defined as never going to happen, by John Paul II in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, women cannot become priests just as men cannot bear children.