NON ORDINATION OF WOMEN IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS NOT DISCRIMINATION
By Fr. Casmir Odundo Globally in many Christian denominations, there has been an ongoing debate on whether women should be ordained or not. Recently some mainstream protestant denominations have allowed women to be pastors and even Bishops. Just last week, on 12th September 2021, Mrs. Rose Okeno was installed as Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Bishop of Butere in Western Kenya. Her “ordination” made her the second Kenyan woman and perhaps second woman in East Africa in the Anglican Church to hold such an office. Previously, i n September last year Mrs. Emily Awino made history as she was elected the first woman assistant Bishop of the diocese of Bondo, in Kenya. Despite these trends, the “consecration” of women as Bishops even in the Anglican Church as a whole is still controversial. In 2018 many Anglican Churches including ACK signed the Global Anglican Future Conference Moratorium, which decided to halt the consecration of women as Bishops till such a time there was going to be conse