Archbishop Pell
Posted on 09/16/2004 1:02:10 PM PDT by presidio9
A leader of Australia's Roman Catholic church has barred a group of liberal followers from using a church venue to hold a conference at which a gay rights activist was to speak.
Cardinal George Pell, who has refused to give communion to gays and once called homosexuality "a greater health hazard than smoking," said it would be unsuitable for the liberal Australian Reforming Catholics group to meet on church property.
It was not immediately clear what the gay activist planned to speak about.
Pell also forbade liberal Bishop Pat Power from celebrating Mass at the event, which has been moved to a private venue in Sydney and will be held next month, and ordered two priests not to attend.
"I think it is really unfortunate because in many ways we're limiting what it means to be a Catholic and I think more and more people are being excluded from the life of the church," Power told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.
Pell, who made Cardinal in 2003, has been a lightning rod for controversy since being appointed Sydney's archbishop in May 2001.
Cadinal Pell for Pope!!!
What? He thinks the Church actually has authority over its own property? What audacity!!! /sarcasm off
I wish.
He is the only person who handled the sodomy crisis correctly.
He booted the priests involved and then, when he continued to condemn sodomy in general, he was falsely accused of sexual abuse.
When this happened, he stood down from his see and ordered an independent police investigation of the charges against him.
After the police soon determined that the allegations were complete hogwash, he returned to his see and continued hammering the faggots from the pulpit.
He's gold.
Good for them...Glad to see that some churches are still standing on Biblical standards.
I wish that the American Catholic bishops would petition the Pope to censure (excommunicate) John Kerry. The main reason would be his abortion stand.
Saying a prayer for the continued health, strength and tanacity of Cardinal George Pell now...
A study in Ontario indicates that a sexually active homosexual male will lose between 8 years and 20 years of his life expectancy. The CDC says the average smoker loses 12 or 13 years of his or her life expectancy; heavy smokers (2 packs/day) lose 20 years.
Cadinal Pell for Pope!!!Cardinal Keeler for Anti-Pope!!!
The average life expectancy of a gay American man is 42 years. The average life expectancy of all Somalians is 50.
Wait a minute: They have that?
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Cardinal Pell is one of the good ones.
An Aussie Pope? Gotta admit that would be novel.
Archbishop Pell
Wait a minute: They have that?Not only do they have that, but the very first antipope, Hippolytus of Rome, is a canonized saint ...
Dr George Pell is President of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne, Australia. Working in conjunction with the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Studies of Marriage and the Family around the world and with the University of Notre Dame in Perth, the Melbourne Institute will provide theological and pastoral training for priests and religious, teachers, catechists, pastoral workers, nurses and physicians, and lay people interested in deepening their understanding of the issues touching marriage, family and the culture of life in our world today.
Unfortunately, a lesbian former nun who is a second cousin of Cardinal George Pell has publicly challenged him over the Catholic Church's hardline stance against homosexuality.
"In the letter Ms Hingston challenged Dr Pell to look her in the eye and call her "corrupt, debased, vicious, vile, wicked, degenerate" - words she says are synonyms for depraved.
"To read that the Vatican has declared us to be 'seriously depraved persons' has appalled and angered me," she wrote."
No doubt, Cardinal Pell has his own personal cross to carry.
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That would make the average lifespan of a heavy smoking sodomite about 35 years then.
I'm glad someone is taking a stand. This isn't just some antiquated patriarchy's rulings, God Himself declared that is was a sin.
I'm not a Catholic but to see the Church falling apart saddens me. They could be doing so much good.
A bump for Cardinal Pell.
Next time he sees her, he should douse her with Holy Water.
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