An e-mail:

I was distressed to hear you say on the Hugh Hewitt show that the priestly ordination of women was “theoretically possible.” Although I was relieved to hear you are not a proponent of this, I must disagree with you that it is even a possibility. Like the abortion issue, the ordination of women is a closed issue. It has been dealt with twice, and most recently by John Paul II in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis. Prior to this, Paul VI made the same statement in Inter Insigniores. Please don’t give those wishy-washy parish priests any more ammunition with which they might deceive their well-intentioned parishioners.

The example I meant to use was married priests, not women priests. There is a whole theology behind the male priesthood (see here and here). I in no way meant to suggest otherwise. Married priests is what I thought I said–what I meant to say.

I thought I should revise and extend my remarks before Catholic blogger caught wind of my mistake and banned me from speaking at Christendom College or somewhere (or a dissenting Catholic blogger embraced me)!