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Priest and two supporters detained at Vatican
Rome, Italy – This afternoon, an international delegation of women’s ordination leaders including Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Roy Bourgeois, marched to the Vatican with a petition signed by 15,000 supporters. Fr. Bourgeois has been threatened by church officials for his public support of women’s ordination. Members of the delegation including Fr. Bourgeois, Erin Saiz Hanna, Executive Director of Women’s Ordination Conference, and Miriam Duignan of Womenpriest.org were detained and then released by local police authorities.
The delegation of fifteen leaders was met by local police at the gate of St. Peter’s and was denied entry. Plain-clothes policemen apprehended the delegation’s banners stating “Ordain Catholic Women,” “God is calling women to be priests” and “Call To Action.” The banners have been withheld as evidence for a pending hearing. Those who were detained were not officially arrested but their case will be heard by a judiciary court.
Rome, Italy – This afternoon, an international delegation of women’s ordination leaders including Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Roy Bourgeois, marched to the Vatican with a petition signed by 15,000 supporters. Fr. Bourgeois has been threatened by church officials for his public support of women’s ordination. Members of the delegation including Fr. Bourgeois, Erin Saiz Hanna, Executive Director of Women’s Ordination Conference, and Miriam Duignan of Womenpriest.org were detained and then released by local police authorities.
The delegation of fifteen leaders was met by local police at the gate of St. Peter’s and was denied entry. Plain-clothes policemen apprehended the delegation’s banners stating “Ordain Catholic Women,” “God is calling women to be priests” and “Call To Action.” The banners have been withheld as evidence for a pending hearing. Those who were detained were not officially arrested but their case will be heard by a judiciary court.
Bridget Mary's Reflection;
Our prayers and thoughts are with these courageous witnesses for justice and equality.
2 comments:
What this "priest" needs to do is check his out of control ego and pray the rosary. He demonstrates no Christ-like humility, no obedience to his superiors and the Holy Father, no respect for Catholic teaching established by Jesus Himself.
Mr. Bourgeois is no priest. He is a clown.
Thank you, Father Roy, for following in the footsteps of the Master, Jeshua from Nazareth, who had the courage of the life giving Spirit within him to confront the corrupt religious authority figures of his day. May we all have the courage of the Spirit to say no to absolutism in whatever form it may take, and however hallowed it may be by the plumes of incense. The 'Catholic Teaching established by Jesus himself' is one of conscientious resistance to injustice, particularly in religious garb. Thank you, Jesus, for showing us the way, and giving us the inspiration to withstand the opposition that must inevitably follow, when one says 'no' to unjust power.
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