just one reason why I no longer consider myself Catholic

[cassidyrose]

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Reinforcing its opposition to female priests, the Vatican said Monday it had excommunicated seven women, including a nun, who were ordained in June in a ceremony on a boat in Austria.

"Because the women ... did not give any indication of amendment or repentance for the most serious offence they had committed...they have incurred excommunication," Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a papal right-hand man, said in a press release from the Vatican.

Fuckers.

My mother decided some time ago that any religion which wouldn't allow her, as a woman, to participate at the highlest levels didn't deserve her participation on any level. I agree.

Comments

[semperfiona]

Grrr at Yahoo (or Reuters) too, for putting quotes around the word "Priests" in the headline.

[cassidyrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was rather aggravating.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I like the way your mother phrased that. I agree. Of course, that leaves almost no organized religions for us female folk... makes the decision easier, eh?