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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoman Ordained as Priest in Defiance of Roman Catholic Church
http://news.yahoo.com/kentucky-woman-ordained-priest-defiance-roman-catholic-church-005633378.htmlIn an emotional ceremony filled with tears and applause, a 70-year-old Kentucky woman was ordained a priest on Saturday as part of a dissident group operating outside of official Roman Catholic Church authority.
Rosemarie Smead is one of about 150 women around the world who have decided not to wait for the Roman Catholic Church to lift its ban on women priests, but to be ordained and start their own congregations.
In an interview before the ceremony, Smead said she is not worried about being excommunicated from the Church - the fate of other women ordained outside of Vatican law.
"It has no sting for me," said Smead, a petite, gray-haired former Carmelite nun with a ready hug for strangers. "It is a Medieval bullying stick the bishops used to keep control over people and to keep the voices of women silent. I am way beyond letting octogenarian men tell us how to live our lives."
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Woman Ordained as Priest in Defiance of Roman Catholic Church (Original Post)
Matariki
Apr 2013
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Boomerproud
(7,949 posts)1. You go Mother Smead.
She's a courageous lady.
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)2. I'm liking Mother Smead a lot.
Good for her.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)3. I hope to see more of this!
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)4. Bully for her!
0zone
(60 posts)5. What next a woman President??
Just joking.