Activists condemn a vision of equality that leaves out half the world’s population,but some are hopeful things could change during Francis’s tenureA group of protesters greeted Pope Francis external St Matthew’s cathedral in Washington on Wednesday with a message to ordain female priests into the Catholic church or risk treating them as moment-lesson citizens.
Around 50 members of the group Women’s Ordination Worldwide, who had traveled from around the world for a conference in Philadelphia, and were scattered across several papal events in the capital to make their case. Some held up a sign calling on the pope to ordain Catholic women external of his midday prayer event at the cathedral,while others laid themselves down on the road in protest. Some activists were arrested after refusing to move from the road when police warned they were blocking traffic.
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Source: theguardian.com