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Article: Nuns firm under fire.(women's ordination conference, Dublin, Ireland)
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- July 13, 2001
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Nuns reject Vatican order to withdraw as speakers from Women's Ordination Worldwide conference
Under Vatican threat of serious penalties, Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister addressed June 30 the first international conference for women's ordination groups around the world. Based on letters sent to her superior and conversations with canonical advisors, Chittister said she believed she could be expelled from her religious order or excommunicated.
Under a similar Vatican threat, Notre Dame de Namur Sr. Myra Poole of London came out of retreat and addressed the conference on the same day. Poole, who played a major role in organizing the conference, had also ...