WASHINGTON (DC)
DCist
BY RACHEL SADON
With signs draped across their body advocating for the ordination of women priests, a group of protesters lay down in a crosswalk outside St. Matthew’s Cathedral shortly before Pope Francis arrived this afternoon. The seven men and women were removed by police officers from the intersection of Connecticut and Rhode Island Avenues and issued criminal citations for blocking the passageway, according to a spokeswoman for MPD.
The protesters argued that the church should open the priesthood to women, wearing signs in both English and Spanish saying “This is what a Roman Catholic woman priest looks like” and “We’re all equal in God’s eyes; ordain women.”
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