Creighton delays women ordination amid bishops debate
Bishop Creighton votes to ordain women after General Convention, arguing equal treatment until a decision. Several female deacons welcome the move but urge immediate ordination of women candidates. A joint statement from three women deacons praises leadership while pressing for faster action.
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Lora
Creighton
Vcaoon
Dianese
Alison Palmer
Eleanor Lee McGee
Betty Rosenberg
Beacon
Elizabeth Wiesner
Washington
General Convention
United States
Girl gives altar boy dream a New York twist
Jean Gallarello, a Cardinal Spellman student, sparked a movement as a girl who wanted to serve as an altar boy at St John’s Church. She and a dozen others trained as altar girls after discussions with church officials and Msgr John Doherty. The sanctuary remained off limits to females but altar girls helped during Mass.
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New York
Jetters
Jean Gallarello
St John's
Jean
Cardinal Spellman High School
Pope Paul VI
Ronnie
Ter
Ence Cardinal Cooke
Bronix Church
Msgr
John Doherty
St. John's
Colombian Seamen Protests Pay on Westgate
The 18 crew members of the freighter Westgate say they received about 20000 dollars in back pay after protesting publicly. They arrived December 27 from Colombia on a one year contract and had not been paid since January. The first mate second mate and a carpenter, all Colombians, were fired and taken to the airport under armed guard. Caribbean Commodities Corp. of Miami faced the dispute with the ship's officers getting only part of their pay.
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San Diego
Westgate
Colombia
Cecelia Jansen
Commission of the Californias
Atheist Demands Apology From Texas Senator
Madalyn Murray OHair demanded an apology from state Senator Lindon Williams after he used coarse language urging a college student to attend church. Williams, who admitted saying get this atheist bulls out of your head, said the student owed him an apology for provoking the outburst.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Lindon Williams
Houston
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