Jungerheld It is absolutely true that priestly ordination to which only men are admitted by the Church pertains to Holy Thursday Mass. "In the Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem, I myself(St. John Paul II) wrote in this regard: "In calling only men as his Apostles, Christ acted in a completely free and sovereign manner." Unfortunately, the admission of women to priestly ministry has become the subject of debates among theologians and in certain Catholic circles. To be concise in post-modernist circles.
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The APOSTOLIC LETTER "ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS" OF ST. JOHN PAUL II clarifies the matter through his pronouncement below (2 paragraph) which by many is considered infallible and even by few ex-cathedra:
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"Although the teaching that priestly ordination is to be reserved to men alone has been preserved by the constant and universal Tradition of the Church and firmly taught by the Magisterium in its more recent documents, at the present time in some places it is nonetheless considered still open to debate, or the Church's judgment that women are not to be admitted to ordination is considered to have a merely disciplinary force.
Wherefore, in order that all doubt may be removed regarding a matter of great importance, a matter which pertains to the Church's divine constitution itself, in virtue of my ministry of confirming the brethren (cf. Lk 22:32) I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church's faithful."
w2.vatican.va/…/hf_jp-ii_apl_19…
These are lovely sentiments of Pope Francis. However! my understanding is that the Holy Thursday Mass is about the institution of the priesthood and that the washing of feet (optional in the Holy Thursday liturgy) is linked to that male-only priesthood.