Wednesday, June 08, 2005
PLANNING TO REPEAT THEIR FOLLY
In a story linked at Spirit Daily:
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nine North American Catholic women will be ordained priests or deacons next month in what will amount to a test of Pope Benedict's determination to enforce the Vatican's ban on women's ordination.
The July 25 ceremony will take place on a boat on the St. Lawrence River in a bid to be in international waters, the coordinator said on Tuesday, though the U.S.-Canadian border actually goes down the middle of the river.
In a further challenge to Vatican orthodoxy, the women may be married, divorced or remarried -- "as long as they're in a stable relationship or are a stable person," said U.S. activist Judith Johnson, who is organizing the ordination....
This is a repeat of the Danube River "Seven" 2002 event that didn't work out. Do they really think Benedict is going to give his approval now that he is Pope? If they do, they are not just heretics, they are delusional. About all I can do is feel sorry for them. If I thought they were sane, I'd laugh. A better Catholic would pray for them.
It would be entirely reasonable for Pope Benedict to ignore their antics since it sounds as though the women are going to be "ordained" by the women who were "ordained" on the Danube and now claim to have been ordained bishops by Catholic bishops in "good standing." Uh-huh. If they were in "good standing" before making women priests into bishops, they were not in "good standing" after they did it.
There is a third ceremony planned for France in July.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
