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– You cannot express different opinions in a practice that makes it difficult to serve others, said Olav Fykse Tveit at today’s press conference.
Fykse Tveit is the newly elected President of the Church of Norway, which means that he is “the most prominent” among the twelve bishops of the Church.
Added:
– A priest cannot invoke the right to refrain from cooperating with other fellow priests.
It does not perceive it as a professional prohibition
Mikael Bruun, who has been at the center of the debate over women priests this fall, believes the statement sends “an unfortunate signal to our fellow Christians in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.” Two churches where the priesthood is reserved for men.
– The statement is as expected. A clear hardening of past practice, I think is naturally sad. At the same time, Preses suggests that he can resolve different situations locally with his bishop, which makes me happy. Therefore, I do not see the statement as a professional prohibition.
– “If someone from now on has a problem with God’s communion with a woman, then he can report it to the bishop,” Bjørgvin Bishop Halvor Nordhaug tells Vårt Land. Do you want to start that conversation?
– It is natural for priests to have a dialogue with their bishop, I want that also in this case
DISPUTED OPINION: Pastor Mikael Bruun’s statement in August that he, among other things, cannot have a service with women priests has created much debate.
Photo: Bjørn Sølsnes / Sogn Avis
Satisfied Clergy Association
The leader of the priests ‘own union, Martin Enstad, is very satisfied with the statement of the bishops’ meeting.
– We experience that the employer with this statement takes seriously the challenge of the work environment that many women have experienced, says ha, and calls it “a necessary clarification that the ministry of women and men is equally desired.”
SATISFIED: We believe the statement is a necessary clarification that the priesthood of women and men is equally desired, says the leader of the Priests Association, Martin Enstad.
Photo: Kai Rune Kvitstein / NRK
Attorney Jan-Erik Sverre has previously stated that the Church of Norway has the law on its side if it dismisses priests who reserve against women.
– I’m incredibly happy about this. We want a good collaboration with all our colleagues, both conservative and liberal, says Kjersti Boge, who is the parish priest of Kvinnherad.
He had previously told NRK that “as important as the communion of the altar and the sacrament, all the little ones are expressions of microaggression in everyday life.”
RELIEF: – I’m incredibly happy about this. We want a good collaboration with all our colleagues, both conservative and liberal, says Kjersti Boge, who is the parish priest of Kvinnherad.
Photo: Liv Berit Helland Gilberg / NRK
The Norwegian Association of Women Theologians is also pleased with today’s statement from the bishops.
– We hope that the bishops will now follow up on this statement in practice so that the service and work environment of women is taken seriously and secured. I am also happy that those who are priests and who are to be ordained to the priesthood in DNK must recognize the fact that this is the teaching of the church, says Liv Arnhild Romsaas, who is the leader of the association.
– Infinitely good with clear bishops on this matter! The church needs it, says Therese Utgård in Åpen folkekirke, adding that she “hopes the church will soon be able to apologize to women as well.”
Mari Saltkjel is a priest at Vågsøy in Nordfjord and the author of the book “Like a crown on the head: stories about women’s priestly vocations.” She also thinks an apology “would have been nice”, but adds:
What has been said today is so important that it should not lose its meaning without an apology. Now it is important to follow up on the legislation.
Was boycotted
Helene Langeland has told in Sogn Avis how she was boycotted by her fellow priests when she was pastor in Lærdal. She is happy with what came today.
– It is now important that employers ensure and monitor that good frameworks of equality and equality are guaranteed for all in all contexts, he says.
THANK YOU: Former Lærdal Parish Priest Helene Langeland thanks everyone who has taken her stories seriously.
Photo: Kathrine Nygård / NRK
The bishops’ statement was as expected and in line with what Olav Fykse Tveit chronicled in September.
There he made it clear that male priests could not reserve themselves to cooperate with women.
An echo of what the bishops of Sør-Hålogaland, Oslo and Hamar wrote a few days earlier.
In his opinion, “it may not be possible for a priest to object to cooperating with a priestess, whether in church work, services or the administration of the sacraments.”
Support from various
Of around 1,200 active priests in the Church of Norway, a maximum of 20 to 30 priests have the same basic theological views as Bruun.
In September, 45 priests signed a petition against Mikael Bruun’s “witch hunt”. Six of those who signed the letter were women.
– He deserves support. You should know that you are not alone, Bergen parish priest Sverre Langeland told NRK on September 7.
