Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
As of 2013, a minority in the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests support ordaining women to the priesthood and a majority favour allowing woman deacons. [98] In 2014, the Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland stated that the Catholic Church must ordain women and allow priests to marry in order to survive. [99]
Oct. 25—When she comes up to the altar rail to receive a blessing during Communion while wearing her clerical vestments, the Rev. Anne Tropeano — known as "Father Anne" — receives a variety ...
"Father Anne", born Anne Tropeano, is a Roman Catholic who attempted to be ordained as a Catholic priest through a Church reform movement, called the Roman Catholic Womanpriest movemvent. Upon her ordination, Father Anne accepted excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church, as a sign of her respect for the Church, and as a peaceful protest ...
Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP) is an independent international organization that claims a connection to the Roman Catholic Church.It is descended from the Danube Seven, a group of women who assert that they were ordained as priests in 2002 by Rómulo Antonio Braschi, before being excommunicated by the Vatican, and their request for a revocation of the excommunication denied, in Decree on ...
Opinion: We're calling for equality in Catholic ordination, and we aren't alone, write three Iowans ordained through Roman Catholic Womenpriests.
The New York Times, for example, featured an interview with Father James Martin, a well-known progressive priest, alongside a photo of him blessing a gay couple who are friends of his (in his ...
James J. Martin (born December 29, 1960) is an American Jesuit priest, writer, editor-at-large of America magazine and the founder of Outreach. [1]A New York Times Best-Selling author, Martin's books include The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life, Jesus: A Pilgrimage, and My Life with the Saints.
This is a list of notable former Catholic priests. Both religious and diocesan priests, and bishops, are included. Most persons on this list can fit into one of the following categories: Left the priesthood but remained Catholic (voluntary laicization) Left the priesthood and the Catholic Church altogether (voluntary laicization)