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To: Polycarp; Maximilian; sandyeggo; NYer; Sursum Corda; ultima ratio
PING!
2 posted on 10/14/2003 7:25:21 PM PDT by Theosis
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To: Theosis
Was that "Catholic Lite?"

"Yet alone and ashamed, the perception of canonical censures only further drives these women away from the Church in many instances. This compounds the problem...He invited her to repentance and forgiveness."

So, the Church is not supposed to censure an act that requires repentance and forgiveness?

Telling someone they've done wrong is not the same thing as casting them into the outer darkness forever.
4 posted on 10/14/2003 7:56:56 PM PDT by dsc
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