Women Priests and Liberals...Oh My

A priest was detained yesterday at the Vatican as he marched through the streets of Rome up to St. Peter's Square with a group of 17 protesters there to deliver a petition in support of the ordination of women to the priesthood.  Fr. Roy Bourgeois was excommunicated "latae sententiae" — automatically — in November 2008 after participating in the attempted ordination of Janice Sevre-Duszynska, who was also at the Oct. 17 demonstration in Rome.  He is also on the brink of being formally released by his religious order, the Maryknoll Fathers. 

Why is it that these groups that go against the Church can't seem to get more then a couple of people together and they're made up of a few aging liberals left over from the 70's?  It is inspiring to me that crowds like this are on their way out.

The Church declared in 2008 that any woman who attempts to be "ordained" a Catholic priest is automatically excomunicated along with the person attempting to "ordain" her.  Bl. Pope John Paul II stated definitively once more in 1994 that the Church simply cannot ordain women to the priesthood and the issue is not open to debate.  The priesthood was instituted by Christ; for the Church to change that, She would be unfaithful to Her Master. 

The police officers told the group that it was illegal to hold a protest without a permit.  An officer said that it would have been more appropriate to notify the Vatican in advance for them to deliver their petition.  "It's not like delivering a pizza, you can't just show up" unannounced and without authorization, the undercover police officer said.  "It's a very important pizza," one of the demonstrators shouted.  Judging by the size of your protest and how serious you were treated, your pizza is anything but important.  The Church is not a democracy, sorry.

http://www.ncronline.org/news/women-religious/maryknoll-priest-who-backs-womens-ordination-detained-vatican