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Activist Kate Kelly, who agitated for women’s ordination, was cut off in 2014.
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Benjamin Park, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2023
Vatican summit tackles women’s ordination with a nod from Pope Francis
Vatican synods — held in the past with only bishops and cardinals as voting members — tend to convene two to three times per decade.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
Many activists hoped that female ordination – which has been held as inadmissible for debate by the Catholic Church for over a millennium – would be discussed at the Synod on Synodality underway at the Vatican.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
There remain deep divisions even among women over the ordination of women as deacons.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
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Benjamin Park, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2023
Vatican summit tackles women’s ordination with a nod from Pope Francis
Vatican synods — held in the past with only bishops and cardinals as voting members — tend to convene two to three times per decade.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
Many activists hoped that female ordination – which has been held as inadmissible for debate by the Catholic Church for over a millennium – would be discussed at the Synod on Synodality underway at the Vatican.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
There remain deep divisions even among women over the ordination of women as deacons.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
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“Ordination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordination. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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