''Inter Insigniores'' is a document issued on 15 October 1976 by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with the approval of

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augu ...

. It presents some theological and historical arguments for the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

's inability to ordain women as priests or bishops. Its title is taken from the opening words of the document's original Latin text, which mean "Among the noteworthy".

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* Ordination of women and the Catholic Church 1976 documents {{RC-document-stub