text: There is a "Third Way". That way is the independent Catholic movement, called by Pope Francis as "parallel Churches." I am not a Roman Catholic priest, but I am ordained in the Apostolic Succession. We celebrate Mass and offer the other sacraments. We minister to those whom Rome cannot or will not serve, like women who want to be ordained, and same sex couples who want to marry. Locally, we have celebrated a number of baptisms where the Roman churches have refused to baptize the children of unmarried couples and gay couples, or imposed other hurdles like requiring attendance at classes and exacting fees for baptisms. Working families often can't get the time off for classes and cannot afford the fees. We are all laborers in the Lord's vineyard, regardless of canon laws, magisteriums, or general conventions. Serving people comes before institutional integrity!