Democracy Now!
Nov 21, 2008
Vatican Threatens to Excommunicate Catholic Priest for Supporting Ordination of Women into Priesthood
We speak with Roy Bourgeois, a Maryknoll priest. He took part in a ceremony this summer to ordain a member of the group called Roman Catholic Womenpriests. For the past two decades, he has organized the annual protest against the US Army’s School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Georgia. [includes rush transcript]
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SOA Watch protest founder faces Catholic excommunication
By Chuck Williams
Ledger-Enquirer.com
11/20/2008
Two weeks ago, the Rev. Roy Bourgeois made a quick stop to a Columbus post office before driving seven hours to his childhood home in Lutcher, La.
He was dropping off a letter bound for Vatican City.
Because of the contents of that letter, Bourgeois, a Catholic priest in the Maryknoll Order for 36 years, was fearful he was about to break the heart of his 95-year-old father, a lifelong Catholic who attends Mass every day.
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via Ledger-Enquirer.com | 11/20/2008 | SOA Watch protest founder faces Catholic excommunication
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