Vivian Lodderhose
Posted on 09/13/2007 12:41:59 PM PDT by presidio9
My dog just made me pope... Ice cream for everyone!!
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I believe it was in the movie “Working Girl” that one of the characters says: “Sometimes I dance around in my underwear and sing, but that doesn’t make me Madonna....it never will.”
Summary of article:
Woman: I’m a Catholic priest!
Catholic Church: No, she’s not.
Newsweek: See, she’s a Catholic priest!
Kinda cute though. I’d almost be tempted to declare her Not Guilty, but she isn’t THAT cute.
Anybody want to get married? I’ll do it for $25.
It didn't happen in the Roman Catholic Church, of course. Or even in something called the "Ecumenical Roman Catholic Church (not affiliated with Rome or the Pope)," for that matter. But you just described how Reverend Al Sharpton became and ordained minister.
Jeeze, even Jim McGreevey is going to have to put in a few years studying wicca at seminary school before the Episcopalian Church lets him put on a purple robe and marry faggots.
Exactly.
I feel the same way about those who call themselves "Fundamentalist Mormons".
As a Protestant, I easily recognize that she’s not “Roman Catholic” nor that the Rome has anything to do with this.
However, Newsweek appears to be willing to stupidly perpetuate falsehoods to hurt the Catholic church.
All true Catholics ought to stop supporting such a business.
Jeez - I'd be damned before I gave a 25 year old of either sex the time of day if they told me they were a priest. Listening to their homilies must be the psychological equivilent of shooting a nail gun into your skull.
You'd be surprised. My parents' parish had a 26 year old Nigerian priest who, although hindered by his accent, gave brief and pointed homilies that were well-received.
There are plenty of 60 year old priests whose homilies are unendurable.
I would rather have a 25 year old spend five minutes explaining how the day's Gospel ties into the Catechism than a 60 year old give a twenty minute disquisition on how some incident on his vacation in Spain got him thinking about how funny life can be.
25 years old ... interesting age ... In the military, a 25 year old could easily be a seasoned veteran and leader of men. In academia, a 25 year old may well have a Ph.D. (or at least be close to graduation). At 26 I quit teaching high school (had been there for 4 years) to work as an engineer. 25 isn’t a punk kid.
and by Bob's Church, Furniture Repair, and Bait Shoppe, chartered under the Guys with White Vans Ecumenical Council of Greater East Rockaway
... a group of churches that decline to recognize the authority of the pope but see themselves nevertheless as Roman Catholic.
Isn't that kind of like a liquid that declines to call itself "wet" but claims to be water? I mean, I like to CALL myself a blend of Einstein, Donald Trump, and Ron Jeremy.
” a group of churches that decline to recognize the authority of the pope but see themselves nevertheless as Roman Catholic.”
I’m not Brad Pitt, but if I “see myself nevertheless as Brad Pitt,” can I sleep with Angelina Jolie?!
Sorry ... I can't stop supporting Newsweek. It's just a logical impossibility.
I never supported them in the first place.
Pay good money for a copy of Newspeak or Slime Magazine? Waste precious time reading it?
I think not!
Damn! I was just gonna see myself as the world's most successful short fat pornstar.
You are correct. A priest ordained by age 25 these days would be extremely unusual, though I believe that is the minimum age as per current canon law. The usual age is more like 35.
That ain’t cute. That’s pathetic.
The title is not inflammitory: it’s a fact error.
So she’s a cleric of some heretical group that uses some version of the Latin Rite in its services and isn’t in communion with the Pope of Rome, whoopee!
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