I've never researched this. Perhaps one of you knows the answer:
In 1972, in his reform of the Minor Orders, Paul VI wrote:
7. In accordance with the ancient tradition of the Church, institution to the ministries of reader and acolyte is reserved to men.
My question -
Was this ever contradicted in a Papal docuмent? Or was it contradicted in another non-papal docuмents? Or was it simply ignored?
My memory is telling me it was 'overturned' by a response to a dubium, but I may be mistaken. Does anyone know for sure? Thx.
The 1983 code does not specifically state girls cannot serve. Many libby tards have used this as the primary excuse to use them. However, the 1983 states that any issue not covered in the new codes resorts to the authority of the 1917 codes- the 1917 specifically bans female altar servers as well as lectors.
What happened ? - Germany and heretic Pope JPII.
Heretic JPII instead of standing up to German bishops gave only Germany the right to use femal altar servers, so of course the USA and Canada and the rest of the world followed suite. That is what happens when the Pope is a spineless coward,
The current lie is this- girls can be used, a bishop can order the entire diocese not to use girls which a couple in the USA have, or a priest on his own can ban girls from serving in his parish and presumably the bishop cannot interfere. But you can bet that priest is going to get a backlash from libby nomer.
Now the bishops in Germany want to give communion to adulterers who have remarried without annulment. Guess what is going to happen ?