From the ArcaMax Publishing, Religion & Spirituality Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/religionandspirituality/s-355373-758146
The Vatican has announced it would excommunicate from the Catholic
church anyone who would ordain a woman as a priest along with the
woman herself.
The general decree said the excommunications would be effective
immediately, CNN reported Friday.
The decree, announced Thursday, probably won't be taken seriously by
some, said Regina Nicolosi, a program coordinator for Roman Catholic
Womenpriests, who was ordained two years ago. She said her
organization counts as members between 40 and 50 women priests, none
recognized by the church's leadership.
"We have come not to take that too seriously," Nicolosi, 66, of Red
Wing, Minn., said. "It's one of the very last patriarchal hierarchies
in the western world, and I don't know when they will be ready to let
go of that."
Nicolosi said she would still work as a volunteer in a nursing home,
celebrating mass even if she's excommunicated.
The church's reluctance to ordain women may backfire, she warned,
adding she wants reform of the church's position on women in the
priesthood internally.
"This is bringing more and more women into our group, and I think
we're getting more support from Catholics who are saying this is
getting ridiculous," she said.