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To: CatoRenasci
You wrote: "Why can't the Church simply live by the doctrine it preaches?

That's the perennial frustration with Catholicism (I write as a Catholic.) The Church is so pure, so deep, so profound in its moral doctrines, found not in the mouths of Duquesne theology professors (ha! ha!), but in Conciliar documents and Papal encyclicals, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, fer Chrissake, literally, all based upon the Word of God ---

That's doctrine ---

But in terms of administration, it has been so cravenly tolerant, so long, in terms of every kind of deviation, behavioral and intellectual---

And of course, Duquesne is not owned and operated directly by the Catholic Church (Archdiocese of Pittsburgh) and probably not even legally or financially controlled by a religious order anymore. In other words, it retains the label "Catholic" while having slim to zero real spiritual or institutional ties to the Catholic Church.

Catholic parents who have spent bazillions of tuition dollars there should be able to sue for fraud, or at least for false advertizing.

Catholic students should be able to sue for educational malpractice.

Who you sue for losing your soul, I don't know. I don't know if you can haul Beelzebub and Moloch into a court of law...

34 posted on 10/27/2005 8:58:54 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Blessed Mary, intercede for us.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

so true. The local Church there needs to sue in order to be disassociated from the school. (if it is, in deed, not subject to any Church authority). If it is subject to Church authority, they had better be reprimanded--and fast!


45 posted on 10/27/2005 1:24:45 PM PDT by GOP_Thug_Mom (libera nos a malo)
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