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Protestors seek female ordination during Women’s Day march in New York
A small, but merry band of protestors – made up of a dozen women, two men, and a dog – marched just under a mile on Sunday from the headquarters of the United Nations along New York’s East River to the steps of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue calling for “Equal Rites and Equal Rights,” through the end of the all male hierarchy. The date, March 8, was International Women’s Day, a time when the international community recognizes the contributions of women around the globe – something these protestors say has particular limitations in the Catholic Church.
“[Francis] has done a lot of work studying environmental issues, and he has done no work, it seems to me, in studying women’s issues and the issues of gender,” said Sheila Peiffer, who serves as president of the board of the Women’s Ordination Conference. “To me, that’s depressing and demeaning.”
“He has a blind spot when it comes to women,” she told Crux.
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