Church Approval or Not More Women Seeking Priesthood/Chicago CBS Story

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/8847267-church-approval-or-not-more-/
Bridget Mary's Response:
Excellent interview with two women priests in Chicago area.  According to one statistic our international Roman Catholic Women Priests Movement has grown 33% since it began in 2002 with 7 women.
The exclusion of women from Holy Orders is not the tradition of the early church. Check out Romans 16:1-3 as one example. Deacon Phoebe.
During the first twelve hundred years of church's history, women were ordained deacons, priests and bishops. In 494 Pope Gelasius condemned that practice, but it was the church's practice, early tradition rooted in Jesus' example of Gospel equality. The Risen Christ appeared first to Mary of Magdala and called her to be the apostle to the apostles. The institutional church should follow Jesus example! Instead of weeping the Chicago Archdiocesan spokeswoman should be working on helping the bishops repent of the sin of sexism and clericalism in the church and turning the all-male boys club into a more open, Christ-centered, partnership model that ministers to all like Jesus did. Bridget Mary Meehan, ARCWP, http://www.arcwp.org