Nakon Drugoga vatikanskog sabora u Crkvi se sve više aktualizira pitanje pripuštanja žena svećeničkom ređenju. Sve glasniji pritisak laičkih feminističkih krugova izvan Crkve, ali i unutar nje, traži afirmaciju žena u svećeničkom staležu, shodno dostojanstvu svakog čovjeka i nasuprot bilo kakvoj diskriminaciji. Pape trećeg tisućljeća morali su pružiti adekvatan odgovor ovakvim zahtjevima. U njihovim istupima prepoznaje se itekako značajna uloga i nepobitno dostojanstvo žene u Crkvi. Progovarajući na više mjesta vrlo jasno o ovoj temi, Ivan Pavao II., Benedikt XVI. i Franjo zalažu se za jednako dostojanstvo i prava svakog čovjeka, muškarca i žene, koje je utemeljeno na čovjekovoj naravnoj sakramentalnosti. U tom smjeru u ovom će se radu nastojati u tri koraka iznijeti viđenje trojice papa trećeg tisućljeća, koje su sličnosti i vlastitosti u njihovim promišljanjima vezanim za ređenje žena i njihovo ljudsko dostojanstvo. After the Second Vatican Council, the issue of allowing women to become priests is becoming more and more actual in the Church. The increasingly loud pressure of lay feminist circles outside the Church, but also within it, demands the affirmation of women in the priestly ordinance, in accordance with the dignity of every human being and against any discrimination. The popes of the third millennium have to provide an adequate response to such demands. In their statements and speeches, the very significant role and undeniable dignity of women in the Church is recognized. Speaking very clearly on this topic in several places, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis advocate the equal dignity and rights of every human being, man and woman, which is based on man’s natural sacramentality. In this direction, this paper will try to present in three steps the views of the three popes of the third millennium, what are the similarities and peculiarities in their reflections related to the ordination of women and their human dignity.