..."Rejoicing at the news of Benedict's departure was Bridget Mary Meehan of Sarasota, a former nun-turned-bishop who is working to help women gain an equal voice in the Catholic church.
"We welcome his resignation," she said. "We think this will be part of a holy shake-up to make it a more open and egalitarian church. We are ready for renewal and transformation."
Her church meets at St. Andrew United Church of Christ in Sarasota on Saturdays. Meehan has ordained a number of women, and two married men are priests.
On March 14, she is planning a "pink smoke" ceremony to symbolize her congregation's hope that women will be accepted into the Catholic clergy. White smoke is used at the Vatican to announce when a new pope has been chosen...."
From Bridget Mary Meehan: One correction,
on March 14th, at 7PM at WSLR, the community radio station in Sarasota, I will show the award-winning documentary movie about the international, controversial Roman Catholic Women Priests, entitled "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican."
http://www.kentucky.com/2013/02/11/2512244/lexingtons-catholic-community.html
..."Janice Sevre-Duszynska, who in 2008 became the first Kentucky woman ordained as a priest, sent out a news release calling for "pink smoke" over the Vatican — the naming of the first female pope.
"I would nominate our woman bishop Bridget Mary Meehan," she said. "She's already a woman priest and a bishop. She would bring to the forefront the fact that we already have women priests on the ground. ... I believe we'd have a more just and compassionate church."
Sevre-Duszynska was ordained by the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests. The Roman Catholic Church does not ordain women...."
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