Last Tuesday, the Vatican unveiled newly restored frescoes in the
Catacombs of Priscilla, known for housing the earliest known image of
the Madonna with Child - and frescoes said by some to show
women priests in the early Christian church.
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The catacomb features two scenes said by proponents of the women's
ordination movement to show women priests: One in the ochre-hued Greek
Chapel features a group of women celebrating a banquet. Another fresco
in a richly decorated burial chamber features a woman, dressed in a
dalmatic - a cassock-like robe - with her hands up in the position used
by priests for public worship.
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