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Women In The Catholic Church
Looking at the attitude towards a woman trying to learn and play an active religion in her religion, the Catholic Church play various active roles but the church does not ordain them to the sacrament of Holy orders. This is based on the argument that Christ established the sacrament thus women can’t be priests and they can’t administer the Holy Communion to their congregation. However, they are allocated minor duties like serving their parishes by being sponsors at Confirmation and Baptism, extraordinary persons (to assist the priest at a mass while giving out Holy Communion) and by being ushers. St. Paul in the New Testament stated that “"As in all the

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