Santa Fe New Mexican: New Mexico woman plans ordination to dismay of Catholic hierarchy

Anne Tropeano is set to be ordained Saturday as a Catholic priest, then automatically excommunicated from the Church.

Tropeano, a 47-year-old grants manager with the United Way of Central New Mexico, insists she has been called by God to the priesthood.

She said this week her planned act stems from frustration with the sexism of the Catholic Church but not from a desire to damage the institution. Tropeano said it’s not a stunt — that she wants to shed light on the question of women’s ordination, spur conversation and ultimately reform the Church.

Read more from the article in the Santa Fe New Mexican, including a quote from Executive Director, Kate McElwee.