Ordinatio SacerdotalisJohn Paul II
Ordinatio Sacerdotalis
on reserving priestly ordination to men alone
by John Paul II · first published 1996
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Quick and authoritative summary of the Catholic position: Ordinatio sacerdotalis, 22 May 1994, Pope John Paull II https://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/...
on “The contested papyrus “The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife”” ↗…wouldn't argue it was infallible.) An example of a teaching which many Catholic theologians say is infallible ordinary magisterium is John Paul II's 1994 declaration that women can't be ordained as priests (Ordinatio Sacerdotalis) [0] – which wasn't teaching anything new per se, but arguably the first time it had been stated with such explicitness and solemnity An interesting meta issue, is that theologians debate which papal…
Politics, football (soccer) and religion are always very sensitive topics. Maybe the OP's "not that important" was an unfortunate way to put it. I think the answers you ask for are in Ordinatio Sacerdotalis[0] [0] https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters...
on “Magnifica Humanitas (Encyclical Letter)” ↗