DEI in the Vatican: A Path to Destruction

The Vatican has not entirely caught up to the fact that DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) has gone to DIE a slow death in America and perhaps elsewhere in the world. In the past week, the Vatican has appointed two women to key leadership roles: one as a prefect in the Vatican and the other as a Dicastery for Divine Worship member. Shockingly, this had never happened in 2000 years. Yet, in their wisdom, the Vatican has embraced the DEI trend and gone woke, believing that the Church could not be served “as well” exclusively by men.

We can thank the Synod on Synodality’s recommendations, which the Pope ratified in its entirety in October 2024, for this shift. The final document made several recommendations regarding women in leadership, including:

• No Impediment to Leadership: Explicitly stating that there is “no reason or impediment” to prevent women from assuming leadership roles in the Church.
• Increased Participation: Advocating for increased female participation in clergy formation and broader involvement in Church decision-making processes.
• Diaconal Ministry: Encouraging continued discernment on the issue of women’s access to the diaconal ministry.
• Structural Reforms: Calling for structural reforms to enhance the role of lay faithful, including women, in Church governance.

The Pope’s approval of the synod document emphasizes its significance.  It now guides the Church’s mission and encourages the implementation of its recommendations at all levels.

This shift to appointing women in Church leadership roles will undermine the Church’s hierarchical structure, deeply rooted in theological and historical traditions. Introducing women into these roles blurs the distinct roles and responsibilities established over centuries. Additionally, there are theological foundations that restrict sacramental functions to ordained men:

• 1 Corinthians 14:34-35: “Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.”

• 1 Timothy 2:11-14: “A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a transgressor.”

• Titus 1:5-6: Instructions to appoint elders who are men: “An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.”

In 1994, St. John Paul II issued the apostolic letter “Ordinatio Sacerdotalis,” which stated that the Church does not have the authority to ordain women as priests: “The Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women.”

Yet, all signals point to the real possibility that we will soon see women ordained to the diaconate. This will lead to subverting Sacred Scripture and Tradition instead of their preservation. The recent appointments, such as that of Sr. Brambilla as the prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, and Mary Healy as a member of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, reflect this shift. While Sr. Brambilla’s background is less known, Dr. Mary Healy is highly critical of the Traditional Latin Mass and is vocal about it. She also promotes the charismatic gift of healing which I will address shortly.

Dr. Mary Healy has often criticized the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM). In her writings, she has rehearsed the all too familiar, tired criticisms, that the TLM can sometimes foster a sense of exclusivity and division within the Church. She has also critiqued the emphasis on the TLM as potentially undermining the liturgical reforms of Vatican II, which aimed to make the Mass more accessible and participatory for the laity.

Dr. Healy has also been vocal about the practice of hands-on charismatic healing (whose foundation some argue is drawn from Pentecostal or Protestant foundations). The way this healing is done and promoted by Dr. Healy is drawing cautionary responses from figures like Fr. Chad Ripperger, who advises against laypeople laying hands on others for prayer without proper authority. Despite these warnings, Dr. Healy continues advocating for these practices, even producing videos and materials contradicting established guidelines. This is who will now be a member of one of the most influential Vatican dicasteries.

The Vatican is Behind the Curve on the DEI Blowback

The Vatican should observe what is happening with its DEI-crazed counterparts. Take Boeing, for instance, which prioritized DEI, potentially over safety. Since implementing DEI, Boeing’s planes have had parts falling off mid-flight, their stock crashed, their CEO stepped down, and planes were grounded.

Similarly, the management of the LA fires is a disaster. LA insisted on hiring three DEI top officers—all gay women—for its fire department, prioritizing DEI over fire safety. The fire chief even stated that her top goal was DEI, not fire safety. Now, they lack the necessary equipment for this cataclysmic event. The DEI-focused mayor of LA redirected billions from safety and infrastructure to help the homeless, leading to the most ill-prepared and poorly responded disaster in U.S. history.

This is the result of DEI-focused leadership creating monumental disasters. Companies like Meta (Facebook), Walmart, University of Michigan, Boeing, Morgan Stanley, Blackrock, Ford, Lowes, University of Kentucky, Jack Daniels, Harley-Davidson, Microsoft, CNN, John Deere, Chipotle, Lyft, UPS, Eli Lilly, Starbucks, Bank of America, Home Depot, Door Dash, Wayfair, Zoom, Google, Goldman Sachs, and more have seen the light and backed away from DEI. They recognize the colossal waste of resources devoted to such a destructive, divisive, and unproductive cause.

As the Church navigates these turbulent waters, it is crucial to remember the wisdom of staying the course and preserving long-standing tradition and doctrine. The decisions made today will echo through the centuries, shaping the future of the Catholic Church, our faith and future Catholics. By hastily embracing contemporary trends like DEI, the Church risks jeopardizing its foundations. Perhaps the Vatican should look back to the ill-fated decision made by Eve in the Garden of Eden that led to far-reaching consequences and ask themselves whether women in Church leadership or cleric roles is such a great idea.

Preserving Sacred Scripture and Tradition should remain paramount, ensuring that the Church continues to stand as a beacon of spiritual guidance and unwavering faith in an ever-changing world. To disregard these time-honored principles is to invite instability and confusion, undermining the very essence of what it means to be Catholic.