OTTAWA (AFP) - Nine women, including one Canadian and one American, plan to defy the Vatican and become the first female Roman Catholic priests and deacons ordained in North America during a ceremony on a boat on the St. Lawrence River next month. (read the rest here)
Of course, this is purely symbolic as their ordinations will not be recognized by the Roman Catholic Church.
2 comments:
Wow Kevin, I was surprised when I followed the link. Excommunication for the first seven women to become ordained seems shocking. To me this was not a crime against the church, it was an expression of their love for the church. I hope the excommunications have been revoked but there was no mention in the link.
I guess the Vatican may ignore this because it does not recognize the ordination of the two women bishops who will perform the ordinations. I wonder if the Anglican church will recognize them if they can demonstrate Apostolic Succession (which seems to be the case).
Too bad it has to come to this, though. I favor ordination for women and married men & women and hope that some day things change.
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