Rome, Oct 18, 2024 (AFP) - Women priests secretly ordained in the shadow of the Vatican

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2024-10-18

On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests. Dressed in a white robe with a rainbow stole, the 68-year-old Frenchwoman acknowledged her ordination was unauthorised by the Vatican, where a month-long summit on the future of the Church concludes next week. No matter, said Rocher, who is transgender. "They've......

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