{"id":2641,"date":"2008-10-30T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/10\/great-expectations.html"},"modified":"2008-10-30T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T11:42:00","slug":"great-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/10\/great-expectations.html","title":{"rendered":"Great expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime readers may remember the item I posted last year about <a href=\"http:\/\/deacbench.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/woman-looks-forward-to-being-first.htm\">Jessica Rowley<\/a>, who was looking forward to being the &#8220;first pregnant Catholic priest.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Well, guess what?  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SQnYnzrZBqI\/AAAAAAAADPU\/kjIrRYDe47Q\/s1600-h\/jessica_rowley.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 270px;height: 320px\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SQnYnzrZBqI\/AAAAAAAADPU\/kjIrRYDe47Q\/s320\/jessica_rowley.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>You can read more about her <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.riverfronttimes.com\/stlog\/2008\/10\/st_louis_claims_first_pregnant_catholic_priest_jessica_rowley.php\">right here<\/a>.  She belongs to something called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecumenical-catholic-communion.org\/\">Ecumenical Catholic Communion<\/a>.  Which is not remotely Roman Catholic, and has a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecumenical-catholic-communion.org\/html\/distinctives.html\">significant differences<\/a> with the Roman church.  <\/p>\n<p>H\/T to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanpapist.com\/blog.html\">American Papist<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime readers may remember the item I posted last year about Jessica Rowley, who was looking forward to being the &#8220;first pregnant Catholic priest.&#8221; Well, guess what? You can read more about her right here. She belongs to something called the Ecumenical Catholic Communion. 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