Posted on 10/19/2024 6:28:18 PM PDT by dynachrome
On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests.
Dressed in a white robe with a rainbow stole, the 68-year-old French woman acknowledged her ordination was unauthorised by the Vatican, where a monthlong summit on the future of the church concludes next week.
No matter, said Rocher, who is transgender.
"They've been repeating the same message for 2,000 years — women are inferior, subordinate, invisible. It's OK. We've waited long enough, so I'm doing it now," Rocher told AFP.
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Nope, according to the very participants themselves who said it was not sanctioned by the VAtican.
You were wrong again, just as you refuse to believe that
1. Jesus was God in the womb right from the point of conception
2. Jesus is present in the Eucharist (as even Lutherans believe)
3. there is a pre-tribulation rapture which is non-biblical, non-christian rubbish
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