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To: wideawake
Who was this, I wonder?

From the above article ....

A major stumbling block was overcome when Bishop Romulo Braschi of Argentina (regarded by the Vatican as schismatic) agreed to ordain them. That ordination, on the Danube River near the town of Passau on the border between Germany and Austria, marked the beginning for Roman Catholic Womenpriests.

9 posted on 12/06/2007 11:29:29 AM PST by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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To: NYer

Braschi is probably not a bishop at all, but a laicized priest.


10 posted on 12/06/2007 11:37:42 AM PST by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: NYer

Even if Braschi is defrocked or schismatic, if he is a bishop, he can still ordain, but not within the Church. And if he was still with the Church, any ordination would have to follow canon law to be valid. It would seem that the Roman Catholic Church could get a court order to keep the group form using the term Roman Catholic. While the group could still use the word catholic, I would think a court would agree that using Roman Catholic implies they are part of the Church and therefore misleading. Maybe all the Catholics out there should start calling your Bishops and letting them know how you feel.


17 posted on 12/06/2007 1:20:24 PM PST by frtom (If you die right now, could you face our Lord Jesus eye to eye?)
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