WASHINGTON (DC)
NBC New York
By Gabriella Iannetta
A handful of women dressed in traditional priest stoles and albs were arrested after they staged civil disobedience during Pope Francis’ visit in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
They held signs that read: “Women priests are here.”
The women are calling on the pope and the entire Catholic community to shake up policies of the past, saying it is time to allow women to be priests.
“Women are all parts of life,” Bishop Bridget Mary Meehan with the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests told NBC Owned Television Stations. “Including at the altar.”
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