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20. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, From "Inter Insigniores" to "Ordinatio Sacerdotalis" (Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1998), pp. ix + 206, paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-57455-163-9.
This book is a collection of the important documentation on the nonadmission of women to the ordained priesthood, with pertinent commentaries and explanations. It opens with an introduction by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The text is basically the same as his commentary on the apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, which was published in English in L'Osservatore Romano on June 8, 1994. It highlights the organic link between this papal document and the declaration Inter Insigniores, which was published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on October 5, 1976. Cardinal Ratzinger sets out the reasoning and...