In a 2021 interview, Cardinal Aguiar Retes praised “the decision of Pope Francis to initiate a serene and profound study on the possibility of the diaconal ordination of women, without setting a time limit for reaching a decision, seems to me to be prudent and sensible.” He also said he is “glad that Pope Francis has opened access to women to the ministries of lector and acolyte,” saying “the administration of the Holy Eucharist at Mass … [is] the ministry of the acolyte.”
