Posted on 10/15/2017 5:11:46 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Catholic Church in the UK is descending into civil war behind the scenes after a major row over abortion was sparked by a controversial editorial in the respected journal The Tablet.
A number of bishops were 'scandalised' by the article, Christian Today understands, and are urging Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, to intervene. One figure accused the weekly magazine which is sold at the back of Westminster Cathedral – the home of Catholicism in the UK – of trying 'to obscure the witness of Christian teaching'.
It comes after The Tablet published an editorial criticising a conservative view on abortion and saying the Church's strict stance means it 'comes close to having no position at all, or at least none that has any relevance either to law-making or to the lives of real people'.
The leading article, published on September 13, was titled 'Restricting abortion: Catholic teaching sets bar too high' and said the Church's teaching 'would logically involve handing out long prison sentences not just to the doctors and nurses involved but to the women herself – and in every case, including if the termination of the pregnancy occurred the day after it started'.
The intervention on the controversial topic came after Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, when questioned on his views on abortion, cited the teaching of the Catholic Church to justify his position that all terminations are wrong — including in cases of rape.
But The Tablet's critique of the Church's doctrine prompted fury among bishops.
In a blistering statement the Bishop of Shrewsbury Mark Davies told Christian Today: 'Sadly there are journals which use the name "Catholic" but are not reliable guides to the faith and teaching of the Catholic Church.
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The Catholic church and the GOP are following the same playbook... I left the GOP and am an independant ... I’ve been Catholic for 50+ years ,, may have to find a church that reflects Jesus’s teachings.
The Editorial was probably written by Pope Francis. He is a plague on Catholicism.
"Respected journal"? That's hilarious.
Seriously, you can say that again! LOL!
Christian Today seems every bit as barbaric and pagan as the other “respected journal” they seem to admire.
Find a traditional mass. You will find it is not just the mass which is different.
Ah, it was the Lord who “set the bar high”. Another satanic move to make avoidance of sin optional. It’s done wonders for the Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans. There is indeed a war going on for the soul of the Catholic Church. The demons have seized the Vatican and many western dioceses. But they will not prevail.
Do not let some poor shepherds drive you from the one true Church founded by Christ. He promised us that the Gates of Hell will not prevail against His Church.
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