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Vatican confirms excommunication for US dissident group
Catholic World News ^ | Dec. 7, 2006

Posted on 12/08/2006 7:51:35 AM PST by Petrosius

Dec. 7, 2006 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican has confirmed an American bishop's decision to excommunicate members of the dissident group Call to Action.

Call to Action is "causing damage to the Church of Christ," wrote Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re (bio - news), the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, in a letter to Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Nebraska.

In March 1996, Bishop Bruskewitz had announced the excommunication of all Catholics in his diocese who were members of Call to Action or several other dissident groups which he described as "totally incompatible with the Catholic faith."

The Nebraska chapter of Call to Action appealed the bishop's decision to the Vatican. In his November 24 letter to Bishop Bruskewitz, Cardinal Re reports that Vatican's finding that the disciplinary action was "properly taken."

The Vatican has determined that "the activities of 'Call to Action' in the course of these years are in contrast with the Catholic Faith due to views and positions held which are unacceptable from a doctrinal and disciplinary standpoint," Cardinal Re writes. He concludes: "Thus to be a member of this Association or to support it, is irreconcilable with a coherent living of the Catholic Faith."

The excommunication that Bishop Bruskewitz announced covered not only to Call to Action, but also to members of Catholics for a Free Choice, Planned Parenthood, the Hemlock Society, the Freemasons, and the Society of St. Pius X.

The excommunication order applies only within the Lincoln, Nebraska diocese. But the Vatican's judgment against Call to Action raises clear questions about the status of the group's members in other dioceses.


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events
KEYWORDS: bishopbruskewitz; cafeteriaisclosed; calltoaction; catholic; excommunicated; excommunication; lincoln; nebraska
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To: B-Chan

LOL


21 posted on 12/09/2006 2:18:09 PM PST by Petronski (I just love that woman.)
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To: Petronski

http://www.catholicsforchoice.org/


22 posted on 12/09/2006 2:20:20 PM PST by cyborg (No I don't miss the single life at all.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Specifically, Cardinal Dearden "organized" CTA.

No surprise. He was one of Bernardin's mentors.

And do you REALLY think that the Bishops 'dropped' CTA? How do you s'pose they wound up meeting in Milwaukee after Bernardin, their under-cover patron, died, leaving them without a Chicago home?


23 posted on 12/09/2006 2:45:52 PM PST by ninenot (Minister of Membership, Tomas Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Yes, I'm now a bit vague on the details, but that's what I thought.


24 posted on 12/09/2006 3:14:20 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Petronski

Catholics for Free Choice was included in this order by Bruskewitz.


25 posted on 12/09/2006 3:49:27 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Thanks for that. I missed it completely.


26 posted on 12/09/2006 4:03:01 PM PST by Petronski (I just love that woman.)
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To: Petrosius
The excommunication order applies only within the Lincoln, Nebraska diocese.

VERY disappointing.

27 posted on 12/09/2006 4:04:18 PM PST by Petronski (I just love that woman.)
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To: ninenot
Right you are. Weakland (may God have mercy on his soul) and other Left-wing bishops have always been their sponsors - enablers - protectors. But since the late 70's it's been (officially) a lay run-amuck group.
28 posted on 12/09/2006 4:05:38 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All.)
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