French Woman Ordains Herself a Priest

ABC News & Associated Press ^ | July 2, 2005 | Alice Geraud

[Mrs. Don-o]

French Woman to Ordain Herself a Catholic Priest, Facing Automatic Excommunication

The Associated Press

LYON, France Jul 2, 2005 — A French woman defied a threat of excommunication by the Roman Catholic Church and held a ceremony proclaiming herself a priest on Saturday.

In a small ceremony on a boat, Genevieve Beney was joined by other women from around the world who have taken similar dramatic action to draw attention to the church's policy against women priests.

"This is not a rupture with the Roman Catholic Church," Beney said in a statement read aloud before she boarded the boat.. The Vatican has not commented on the case but has made clear it sees no room for debate about opening up the priesthood to women. The Church says Jesus chose men to be his apostles and that the practice of ordaining only men must stand.

[Mrs. Don-o]

There once was a woman whose mania Was liturgical extemporanea. She thought she'd at least Be a self-proclaimed priest: And I am the Queen of Romania.

[Mrs. Don-o]

There once was a woman whose mania
Was liturgical extemporanea.
She thought she'd at least
Be a self-declared priest:
And I am the Queen of Romania.

[A.B.Normal]

Ya dun said it all~

[Frank_2001]

Yes it IS a break with the Roman Catholic Church, Fatheress, or Fatherette, or whatever you call yourself, you wacko! Get ready for a ZOT from Rome, hehehe;)

[AnimalLover]

PING

[Alexander Rubin]

If she wants to be a priest that badly, can't she just join the Unitarians or the UCC?

[Coleus]

French Catholic woman illicitly ordained

Women in bid to become ordained

[Sonar5]

Fast Forward to a month from now......allaged french female priest marries gays.

She's a Heretic, and now no longer belongs to the Universal Church.

[Sonar5]

And where in the Bible does it say this is ok????

Not......

[Libloather]

French Genevieve Beney, 56, is flanked by German Gisela Forste, left, and Austrian Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger, right, as they stand on a riverboat in Lyon, central France, Saturday July 2, 2005, before her ordination ceremony. Beney was due to be proclaimed a priest in a small ceremony on board the boat, with automatic excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church to follow. Beney is part of a small group of women taking dramatic action to draw attention to the church's policy against women priests. (AP Photo/Patrick Gardin)

[Sonar5]

Arrrtggghhhhhh......

My Eyes... My Eyes......

Wuud-juh have to go and do that for.....

lol

I sentence you to reading 10 minutes of ted kennedy Speeches... That'll teach ya.

[kublia khan]

There are no self ordained offices in the true church. The fact that she has ordained herself means that she is not a member of the true church or a priest.

[Tax-chick]

Also posted here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1435434/posts

But your limerick is priceless!

[bethelgrad]

Why is it always the (a-hem...) less desirable women, IMHO, who seem to always be pulling these things off? Yes I know, we shouldn't judge people by how they look, but I can't think of a single female pastor or so-called priest or liber pundit for that matter (unless you are into Susan Estrogen) that I would classify as physically attractive.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

You think Susan Estrogen is attractive?

[Sonar5]

Well, you have that ex porn start running reruns for her dead husbands church in California.

pastor karen or something like that. Not sure of the name. read it in another thread.

[Libloather]

Why is it always the (a-hem...) less desirable women, IMHO, who seem to always be pulling these things off?

Next, they'll wanna drive. HA! Not in my lifetime...

[MozarkDawg]

(Long, deep, resigned sigh)

If this chick don't like the way things are done in the Catholic church, wants to protest, why won't she do as Henry VIII did, go and form her own church and leave ours alone? She is not validly ordained, nothing she does will have any power to bind and loose in heaven.

[AnAmericanMother]

"When women cease to attract men they often turn to Reform as a second choice."

- D.W. Griffeth, Intolerance

(that said, I don't see it having EVER happened with those three. Ick! It's not so much their features as their sour, unhappy expressions. Who would ever want to wake up next to THAT?)

[Ciexyz]

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