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Media Coverage of St. Louis Ordinations
November, 2007

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The following articles have been published regarding the ordination in St. Louis, Missouri, November, 2007 Please note that copyright is held by individual sources.                
Despite church hierarchy,many Catholics support ordination of women
November 20, 2007 · St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Roman Catholic institutional church has much to repent in its treatment of the people of the First Covenant. Current biblical scholarship has opened our eyes to Christian anti-Semitism as misunderstanding and misinterpretation of our founding texts.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/editorialcommentary/
story/AFC5FFC5C31B77BB86257399000326B0?OpenDocument
Woman rabbi takes the heat for Catholic ordinations
November 9, 2007 · by Pamela Schaeffer National Catholic Reporter
Two Catholic women are being ordained by Roman Catholic Womenpriests on Nov. 11, prompting outrage from Catholic officials -- outrage that, surprisingly, is directed less at the women aspiring to the Catholic priesthood, ...
http://ncronline.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2007d/110907/110907h.htm
St. Louis Archbishop warns of excommunication over women's ordination
November 7, 2007 · International Herald Tribune/Americas
THe Associated Press: St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke has warned two Roman Catholic women that they will be excommunicated if they proceed with a planned ordination Sunday.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/07/america/NA-REL-US-Women-Priests.php
Archbishop moves to penalize two "Womenpriests"
November 12, 2007 · International Herald Tribune / Americas
The Associated Press: Two women who made Roman Catholic religious history say they are ready to be the new face of the priesthood, even as Archbishop Raymond Burke moved to formally penalize them for violating church law.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/12/america/NA-REL-US-Ordaining-Women.php
Women as priests? Plans test alliances
November 8, 2007 - by Tim Townsend · St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A ceremony set for Sunday to ordain two women as priests in a Central West End synagogue is testing long-standing alliances among St. Louis religious leaders.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/religion/story/
FA01B93F74D2D9208625738D0019101E?OpenDocument
Catholic Bishops Say No to Women Priests, Yes to Hookers
November 9, 2007 by Angela Bonavoglia · The Huffington Post
That about sums it up. In yet another empty defense of the Catholic Church's blatant discrimination against women who it refuses to ordain, St. Louis, Missouri Archbishop Raymond Burke promised to excommunicate two Roman Catholic women who will be ordained priests in St. Louis on Sunday, November 11.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/angela-bonavoglia/catholic-bishops-say-no-t_b_71968.html
The Church Ladies
November 7, 2007 by Kristen Hinman · The River Front TImes
Two St. Louis women will soon become ordained Catholic priests - and in a Jewish synagogue, no less. The usual ordination of a Roman Catholic priest takes place in a cathedral and includes a vow of obedience to clerical superiors.
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2007-11-07/news/the-church-ladies
Women Warned Against Catholic Ordination
November 7, 2007 by Cheryl Wittenauer · Associated Press
The St. Louis Archdiocese has warned two Roman Catholic women that they will be excommunicated if they are ordained as priests on Sunday. Rose Marie Dunn Hudson, 67, and Elsie Hainz McGrath, 69, are set to be ordained by a former nun as part of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement that began in 2002.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gvV_td-FZSHEA9IsZVLEZ1PR4y5wD8SP70LG0
Two Faiths Divided on Women's Ordination Ceremony
November 11, 2007 The New York Times / Associated Press
The Archdiocese of St. Louis and the Central Reform Congregation are on the same side when it comes to advocating for immigrants and the poor, often finding common ground in a zeal for social justice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/us/11catholic.html?_r=2
Cheering crowd attends disputed ordination of two women as priests
November 11, 2007 by Ann Rubin · KSDK News
After a controversial ordination ceremony Sunday, two St. Louis women now call themselves "priests." It is a title not recognized by the Roman Catholic Church and an action which may get them excommunicated.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=133926
 
 
The following news / video clips have been aired regarding the Ordinations in the summer of 2007. Please note that copyright is held by individual sources.       back to top

Roman Catholic Womenpriests: St Louis Ordinations
November 15, 2007
On November 11, 2007, two women were ordained as Roman Catholic priests in a historic ceremony in the city of St. Louis.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=655315827921596796&q=
roman+catholic+womenpriests&total=24&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

Two Female Catholic Priests Conduct First Mass
December 1, 2007 on MyFox, Channel 2, St. Louis
Two Roman Catholic female priests who were recently ordained co-pastored their first mass Saturday night in the central west end.
http://www.myfoxstl.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5098222&version=2&locale=
EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

 
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