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For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

A church without women would be like the apostolic college without Mary. The Madonna is more important than the apostles, and the church herself is feminine, the spouse of Christ and a mother.

The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women.

I, personally, do not consider myself to be some kind of Holy Mary of feminism.

The priests are debarred from female society, nor is any woman permitted to enter the religious houses.

It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.

Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles.

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.

There were theoretical elements in the subjection of women and it is not possible to avoid the conclusion that a large contribution was made to them by the Church. In part this was a matter of its hostile stance towards sexuality.

It's just so hard sometimes to work out where people stand on these things. I mean, isn't the Pope a feminist?