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whitereflectionVatican: excommunication for female priests
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080530/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_women_priests
The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. It has strongly reiterated in a decree that anyone involved in ordination ceremonies is automatically excommunicated.
Wow. *Wow*. Way to crack that fucking whip. I mean, because it's so along the lines of apostasy and heresy. I suppose they're likening it to schism, but *still*. The harshest thing they can do to their believers? Honestly. I'm still very confused on faith and spirituality, but this to me seems another example of the way organized religion is screwing up the simple act of being a believer and worshipping. Leadership like this is so why I could never myself be Catholic.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080530/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_women_priests
The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. It has strongly reiterated in a decree that anyone involved in ordination ceremonies is automatically excommunicated.
Wow. *Wow*. Way to crack that fucking whip. I mean, because it's so along the lines of apostasy and heresy. I suppose they're likening it to schism, but *still*. The harshest thing they can do to their believers? Honestly. I'm still very confused on faith and spirituality, but this to me seems another example of the way organized religion is screwing up the simple act of being a believer and worshipping. Leadership like this is so why I could never myself be Catholic.
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Date: 2008-05-31 01:50 pm (UTC)