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James Martin, S.J.July 09, 2008

Just in from NCR: "The archdiocese of St. Louis authorized the video recording of a Catholic women’s ordination ceremony that took place in a synagogue last November. It then used the video, along with photographs apparently taken from the video, as evidence to punish a Catholic nun who attended the liturgy, according to several people familiar with the case." 

The full story, which continues the saga of Louise Lears, a Sister of Charity now under interdict by Archbishop Burke, the newly appointed head of the Vatican’s Apostolic Signatura, is on the NCR site here.

James Martin, SJ

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