Women's Ordination Conference to meet in Philadelphia

From NCR - Catholic activists raise ordination issue as pope's U.S. trip approaches by Thomas Fox

Some 500 Catholic activists from around the globe will converge on Philadelphia for a three-day conference Sept. 18-20 to press for women's rights in the church. They will meet one week before Pope Francis is set to step foot into the city.

The U.S.-based Women's Ordination Conference (WOC) is hosting the Women's Ordination Worldwide meeting. continue reading