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Supporters of women s ordination gather in Jackson Square in New Orleans outside the St. Louis Cathedral during the archdiocese s ordination ceremony for new priests in June 2015. Before the pandemic, the group held this prayer vigil annually to show solidarity with Catholic women who are called to ordination. (Gabriela Arp)
While raising her three children in the Catholic Church, New Orleans high school teacher Jennifer Molina was disturbed by the absence of women s ordained leadership. I m taking my kids to Mass and having them baptized, and I just felt really uncomfortable with the idea that I m raising these kids to think this is OK, that women are not allowed to be priests, Molina said.