[NYer]

"It's a matter of justice and reform," said Elsie Hainz McGrath, 69, of St. Louis (left) and Rose Marie Dunn Hudson, 67, of Festus (right), will participate in a ordination ceremony Sunday.

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"We're going to just totally ignore it. This is not unexpected. We wondered why it took so long."

How totally arrogant!

[festus]

“...The two women — Rose Marie Dunn Hudson of Festus...”

Hey stoat buddy. I got me a town named after me.

[stuartcr]

If they are excommunicated, does that mean they will go to hell?

[ArrogantBustard]

"It's a typically hierarchical form of intimidation,

We're being oppressed!

and we will not be intimidated," McGrath said.

Then you will be excommunicated. Buh-bye!

[FloreatIacobus]

Of the roughly 100 women who have been ordained as priests or deacons worldwide in the Womenpriests movement, including 37 in the U.S., only the first seven were officially excommunicated by the Vatican, said spokeswoman Bridget Mary Meehan. Others have received letters from their bishop like that sent by Burke, she said.

What a typically misleading statement. Maybe the Vatican only bothered to tell the first 7 - but every single participant excommunicated him/herself by taking part in such an activity. If they don't know such basic theology then regardless of sex they're not suitable to become clerics.

[Mad Dawg]

"Baptism makes us full members of the church for life."

Members, yes. FULL memebers not so much.

... full members of the church for life.

Distinguo. For THIS life, yes, but that's not all there is, you may recall .....

[Ottofire]

Now if they could only get the gumption to do the same for those that support abortion in your church...

[lastchance]

Don’t these gals know they can simply join the Episcopal Church and get on track for ordination? They could have what they want, to be priestessessesssss. Oh wait its not about that, its about trying to destroy the Catholic Church. My bad.

[vladimir998]

I actually see a good sign in all of these nutty female “ordinations”. Yes, the press is fawning all over these silly women, buthave you noticed that they are ALL in their 50s and 60s? They are not young. The young often think of them as fools.