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To: B Knotts
but has unsurprisingly been abused, much like extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist.

Add general absolution to the list. The seeming widespread spirit of disobedience within the clergy is also disturbing.

283 posted on 09/25/2003 9:17:04 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
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The seeming widespread spirit of disobedience within the clergy is also disturbing.

Could it be that priests "disobey" or take liberties in certain areas because the particular rule or discipline is not explained, or there are no reasons given for it? Adults not in the military don't take well to "do this because I said so." And much of what has come out of Rome has been decreed on the basis of authority, which is the worst possible justification behind anything.

That's why I'm glad to see this draft leaked. There will now be world-wide input on something that was obviously intended to be clandestine.

Vatican bureaucrats feel that they would somehow be diminished by getting feedback from bishops in what is essentially a revision to discipline.

287 posted on 09/25/2003 9:32:09 AM PDT by sinkspur (Adopt a dog or a cat from a shelter! You'll save at least one life, maybe two!)
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