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Father Roy Bourgeois

Gunning For Nuns, Part 2: The Nuns Respond

Michele Somerville | Posted 10.15.2012 | Religion
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Michele Somerville

The Vatican had nothing to gain by staging a tantrum and humiliating the nuns. Like a cool-headed mom managing a child demanding candy in the supermarket checkout line, the LCWR waited for the histrionics to pass.

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Roy Bourgeois Detained At The Vatican For The Crime Of Primacy Of Conscience

Michele Somerville | Posted 12.20.2011 | Religion
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Michele Somerville

I was saddened to learn that the Roman Catholic priest was detained by police as he arrived at the Vatican to deliver a petition signed by 15,000 Catholics in support of him and women's ordination.

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U.S. Priest Who Backs Women's Ordination Detained On Way To Vatican

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 12.17.2011 | Religion
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VATICAN CITY — A U.S. Catholic priest who supports ordination for women was detained briefly by police Monday after marching to the Vatican to p...

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Catholic Priest Faces Expulsion For Supporting Women's Ordination

Posted 10.09.2011 | Religion
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By David Gibson c. 2011 Religion News Service (RNS) A Roman Catholic priest who has campaigned for the ordination of women has been told he will b...

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Sixth Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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Alan Singer

I want to pass this notice along from my friends at Brooklyn for Peace (http://www.brooklynpeace.org/): The Sixth Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair will be ...

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