Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis has warned two Roman Catholic women that they will be excommunicated if they proceed with a planned ordination Sunday.The two women _ Rose Marie Dunn Hudson of Festus and Elsie Hainz McGrath of St. Louis _ are set to be ordained as part of the Roman Catholic Women priests movement that began in 2002.
The ordination of women is barred by the Vatican and only men are ordained priests and deacons in the Catholic Church.
The advocacy group, the Women's Ordination Conference, are among Catholics pressing to change that tradition.Both women said they will ignore Burke's warning.
The archdiocese is not commenting.
"It's a typically hierarchical form of intimidation, and we will not be intimidated." McGrath said.
The service is set to take place at Central Reform Congregation, a synagogue in St. Louis.
In response, the archdiocese said on its Web site it would no longer partner with the congregation on any interfaith activities. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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