2015 Event Pope Francis continues Catholic reforms by changing the marriage annulment process to make it faster and less expensive; earlier this month, the pope also declared that priests may forgive the sin of abortion during next year's Year of Mercy 2014 Event The Church of England announces that it has changed its rules to allow female bishops; the church has allowed female priests for the last 20 years but has not allowed women to serve in higher positions until now 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI announces Roman Catholic bishops must obey a papal order allowing priests to say the old-style Tridentine Mass 1996 Event 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history 1994 Event Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests 1992 Event Anglican Church and Church of England OK female priests 1989 Event 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops 1976 Event Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop 1974 Event Episcopal Church ordained female priests 1971 Event Federal grand jury indicts Reverend Philip Berrigan and 5 others, including a nun and 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger 1950 Event Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins 1917 Event Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests and officers 1914 Event German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice 1906 Event St. Pius X encyclical "On the Mariavites or Mystic Priests of Poland" 1572 Event 19 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum
