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Originally Posted by Brianna
IMHO most of your Christians would say their God is definitely a male and so is his progeny. And so is the Holy Spirit, amen. I was raised in a Catholic home and went to Catholic schools where women were regarded as second-class citizens and not worthy to minister as a priest(ess) but only as nuns--handmaidens to the priesthood.
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It's definitely changing in this respect. At least in our diocese, all prayers and hymns have been edited to remove gender specifics when referring to God. There are also rumblings that, with the shortage of men entering the priesthood, nuns may be allowed to perform the sacraments soon.