The Vatican has reiterated its stand on ordination of female priests by declaring the excomunication of any bishop doing so.

http://ewtn.com/news/index.asp

" Pope John Paul II declared in his 1994 apostolic letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis that the Church "has no authority" to ordain women."

Yet, over the millenia, the Church has had the authority to declare such extra-Biblical doctrines as: the Trinity, the Immaculate Conception, Mary's perpetual virginity, Apostolic Succession, Purgatory, and a host of other inventions which have no other basis than the fiat of theologians.

Ah, but I think that I read that infants who die no longer spend time in limbo.

That's because the Church never officially recognized the existence of Limbo.

However, Limbo was officially recognized by Chubby Checker.

That was low, gar.

and that was terrible, jr.

Someone should propose that each time a member makes a dreadful pun, they forfeit 100 posts from their total. But of course DG would never go for it, because he'd be down to being a bronze enthusiast within a month. I suspect Fred and you would be in the negative!

I bent over backwards to come up with it.

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dreadful pun

That's an oxymoron, dg.

lol..but yours are cringe-worthy.

Be happy I don't do thank-you jokes and Tom Swifties here.

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Originally posted by juanruiz:
That was low, gar.

Time to raise the bar!

Don't say bar to dg, gar, she'll start ordering drinks.

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Originally posted by GarColga:
Time to raise the bar!

Oooh..make mine a Martini, Gar

I think she likes Beefeaters.

Don't be ridiculous, jr..they can't show me a good time on their pensions.

I thought you'd find their lances attractive.

Forget lances.They parade in "undress uniform" and have "tied accommodation" which might appeal. (Unless you are raven, of course)

'Tied' you say? Really?

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Originally posted by GarColga:
However, Limbo was officially recognized by Chubby Checker.

I thought that he recognized Limbo Rock, or was that someone else, because his mainstay was the Twist?