Defying canon law and a Vatican decree that promised excommunication, four Roman Catholic women took vows as priests Saturday during an elaborate ordination ceremony full of song and messages of inclusiveness at a Protestant church in Catonsville.
Andrea Johnson, presiding as bishop, ordained two women from Maryland, Ann Penick and Marellen Mayers, one from Pennsylvania and one from New York in the sanctuary of St. John's United Church of Christ. The church was filled with family members — including husbands of three of the ordinands — and friends, including some who are employed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore but who support the ordination of women. Photography was limited to protect the privacy of those attending the ceremony.
In 1994, Pope John Paul II said the church has no authority to ordain women, "and this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church's faithful." In 2008, the Vatican further decreed that women who seek ordination or any bishop who attempts it immediately excommunicate themselves from the Roman Catholic Church.
Note – the photo above is NOT of the ordination which took place in Catonsville. It is of another ceremony organized by the same group, “Roman Catholic Womenpriests. – Ed.
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So, uh.. this is the Sby NEWS... RIGHT? so how is this article "news" at all... and how is it "Salisbury News"?
It is not even worthy of discussion as to whether or not this is news. It may not be news that you like or are interested in, but it is news.
As for "how is it "Salisbury News" ...
This post came from a Baltimore Sun piece. Are you arguing that the Sun shouldn't print anything that occurs outside of metro Baltimore? the state of Maryland? Ditto with the Wilmington News Journal or the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
I understand that you may only want SbyNEWS to publish local content. That's fine. Other readers want more.
Personally, Albero is working me to death and I'd love nothing more than reduce the amount of content from outside of Delmarva. However, I have to respond to what I perceive as the majority will of our readers and what my boss wants.
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G.A.- "Albero is working you to Death"? How he do it all these years? Sounds like you don't your "JOB" very much HUH!
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