BBC Report on Pope Benedict's Visit to UK: "there are women priests."/RCWP grows in spite of Vatican opposition

Catholics Pack Church in
support of Roman Catholic Womenpriests
in Florida at historic ordination in Feb. 2010

Judy Lee, a Roman Catholic Womanpriest, ministers in
house church-serving homeless and impoverished people in Ft Myers, Florida

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/gavinhewitt/2010/09/an_embattled_pope.html

"Beneath the surface, there is a clamour for change. Robert Mickens from the Catholic paper the Tablet says that increasingly parishes are going their own way. Unofficially there are women priests in the US... "

Bridget Mary's Reflection:

Roman Catholic Womenpriests are serving communities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. In the UK, Morag Liebert, the first Roman Catholic Womanpriest ordained in Scotland, presides at liturgy in a house church there. Contact Morag Liebert at moragl@connectfree.co.uk

Catholics are voting with their feet. They are enthusiastic members of our inclusive grassroots communities. The opposition of the hierarchy in many cases serves as an impetus to growth. When Bishop Frank Dewane threatened to excommunicate the historic ordination of women priests in Sarasota, Florida in Feb., over 200 Catholics filled the church in support of Roman Catholic Womenpriests.

Since the Delicta Graviora story, the Vatican's comparison of the crime of ordaining women to priest pedophilia,the Roman Catholic Womenpriests Movement has experienced a surge in new applicants and requests for information on women-led priests' liturgies as well as world-wide media coverage. Onc could say, the Vatican's hostility to women priests has resulted in greater interest and support for our initiative of a renewed priestly ministry in which women take their place as equals and partners in the church.

CNN will feature a story on The Living Water Inclusive Catholic Community in Catonsville, Maryland that will air on this coming Thursday, September 16, twice, between the hours of 6-10AM EDT. That program is called CNN Morning.

Bridget Mary Meehan, RCWP, sofiabmm@aol.com, 703-505-0004