In the days since the Vatican released its long-awaited revised canon law standards addressing how clergy abuse cases should be handled, the uproar has shifted from disappointed victims groups (who feel the revisions don’t go far enough) to outraged feminists and others offended that the ordination of a woman is included among the church’s most serious crimes — along with raping children. (It’s not quite so simple, but can we at least agree that this a ridiculously poor PR move?)

Some of the negative reactions, including quite a few from National Catholic Reporter:

• New Vatican norms all about women (Mark Silk, for Beliefnet)
• International Catholic organizations speak out against new Vatican women’s ordination edict (National Catholic Reporter)
• Church to women: We love you, but… (Tom Roberts, for National Catholic Reporter)
• The “Egg on the Face” Won’t Wash Off (Maureen Fieldler, for National Catholic Reporter)
• Rome Fiddles, We Burn (Maureen Dowd, for The New York Times)
• Tone-Deaf in Rome (New York Times editorial)

And in the Vatican’s defense:

• Arguments that shed light (GetReligion)
• US bishops welcome Vatican statement on gravity of attempted women’s ordination (Catholic News Agency)
• The Rev. Robert Barron: Vatican statement not anti-woman (The Seeker, for The Chicago Tribune)

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