London, England, Jun 23, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The secret ordination of a woman in an undisclosed location in Central Europe this week was "not just illicit but invalid," said Archbishop John Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in Rome.
In an interview with the BBC, the archbishop explained that just as it is biologically impossible for a man to conceive, it is theologically impossible for a woman to be a priest.
"As a man I cannot conceive... is that unfair? By divine decision... there is this difference," he was quoted as saying.
The reporter had interviewed people at a local church about women priests. According to the reporter, everybody she polled supported the idea.