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Vatican Miscategorizes Women's Rights Advocates with Child Abusers

On July 15th, 2010, the Vatican issued a clarification of its canonical procedures for how dioceses should handle priests who sexually abuse children.  As part of the statement, they have added that the "attempted ordination of a woman" has now been added to the list of "delicta graviora" or the most serious crimes in church law, alongside the sexual abuse of minors.

Take Action Today!  Sign the Petition sponsored by Call To Action, CORPUS, Rapport, WATER and Women's Ordination Conference.  Denounce oppression of women and the inadequate response to child sex crimes.  Sign on here.

Book Group

   Our summer book group is "Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama" by Tim Wise. We will meet on Tuesday August 10th to begin our discussion.

   Both books are available at Left Bank Books at a discount. E-mail CAN if you are planning to join us for either book groups.

    The Fall Book Group will be Lorenzo Rosebaugh's autobiography "To Wisdom Through Failure: A Journey of Compassion, Resistance, and Hope."  Lorenzo was shot in the summer of 2009 where he was working in Guatemala. Lorenzo was 74 years old. 

    More info on Lorenzo here.  If you want to participate in the book group please contact CAN, there are few books available so we will share the ones we have and rotate them before we meet in October.

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