I am young, female and Catholic. That alone makes me incomprehensible to many of my contemporaries. To make matters worse, I have chosen to work in and for the Catholic Church as a theologian. People are sincerely mystified. Why do I labour on behalf of an institution that regards me as constitutionally incapable of ordained ministry or teaching authority? My personal identity is clearly confused or contradictory.  As for my fellow feminists, mystification is the best I could expect. They see Catholicism as a religion of the worship of a Father and his Son, who chose 12 male apostles to govern an institution in which his authority can only be represented by men. I am not so much confused as traitorous.I am accustomed to these reactions. Proud of my scepticism of s