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Ann Rogers does an excellent job writing about the ordinations – finding a voice for the story who states the obvious:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Phyllis Zagano, a senior research associate at Hofstra University on Long Island is a Catholic theologian who advocates the ordination of women to the diaconate, because that discussion is still permitted in the church. <\/p>\n

The riverboat movement "raises the issue and makes more people discuss it," she said. <\/p>\n

But she is concerned that some of the women wouldn’t qualify if they were male because of their theology or lifestyle. <\/p>\n

"From what I have read of their biographies, some of the women are not much interested in much of what the Roman Catholic Church teaches. So there is a conundrum there. How can you be ordained to serve a community of believers if you don’t agree with them?" she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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