every young person being confirmed took the name of Stephen as their Confirmation name.
How childish, if true.
Young people being childish?!?! How DARE they! Why, they'll just ruin that solemn ritual with a quiet symbolic show of support for someone they care about. Why, the next thing you know, they'll be making macaroni crafts during Sunday School that have "Mommy" and "Daddy" shamefully emblazoned on them! They might even wear a Breast Cancer ribbon on their lapel, or *gasp!* a gold cross around their necks! The horrors! /sarcasm>
Sinkspur, if Christians can't quietly stand up against a wrong with a quiet symbolic display of support, then why bother having a religion at all? If it's not about righteousness, morality, and mutual support during our journey towards Heaven, then just what IS religion to you?
This has nothing to do with religion. It has to do with a priest lying to his bishop and arrogantly thinking a diocesan policy doesn't appy to him.
Go HERE to get the latest information. The parishioners' allegiances are misplaced.