Women barred from foot-washing ritual

by True North 2 Replies latest jw friends

  • True North
    True North
    Faithful Decry Foot-Washing Ban of Women
    Thu Apr 8,11:14 PM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!
    By ELIOTT C. McLAUGHLIN, Associated Press Writer

    ATLANTA - About 100 men and women gathered outside Atlanta's Roman Catholic cathedral Thursday to protest the archbishop's exclusion of women from the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual. Contrary to the order from Archbishop John Donoghue, the protesters said the rite should include everyone.

    [I couldn't get this to format right, but for the full story, paste the following into your browser's address box:

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    I guess if JW women can't carry a microphone why should Catholic women be able to wash feet? What do you think?
  • shotgun
    shotgun

    I agree...everyone should be able to wash their feet....mainly because everyone gets to smell them

  • Sassy
    Sassy

    washing anothers feet can be a humility teaching lesson.... I'm surprised they would bar a woman from that.. (the link didn't work from me.. so I am just commenting on the subject matter)

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