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  • What’s it like being the only female cleric at the synod on young people? [Barf Alert]

    10/23/2018 3:56:41 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 30 replies
    America ^ | October 22, 2018 | Luke Hansen, S.J.
    A young priest in the Czechoslovak Hussite Church has been pleasantly surprised by the welcome and openness she has experienced at the Synod of Bishops on young people, she told America in an interview. A fraternal delegate, Rev. Martina Viktorie Kopecká, 32, has the distinction of being the only female cleric at the Synod of Bishops, which is taking place from Oct. 3 to 28 in Rome.Dressed in the liturgical vestments of the Hussite Church—a black robe with an imprinted red chalice and white stole—she delivered an address to the whole synod body on Oct. 11, emphasizing the importance...