tooo funny...
Posted on 08/09/2009 11:43:32 AM PDT by markomalley
When the Vatican began an inquiry seven months ago into the "soundness" of American nuns, it adopted a discreet approach.
But as details have emerged about the investigation into the beliefs held by nuns - and of the way they worship - the disquiet and irritation felt in religious communities has started to spill into the public arena.
A working paper delivered recently by the Vatican to the leaders of American nuns was interpreted by many as a sign that the hierarchy in Rome is worried about a liberal drift among them.
The sisters are increasingly anxious about what that might mean.
Nuns once worked mainly in Roman Catholic schools and hospitals, but since the sweeping reforms of the Second Vatican Council in the late 1960s they have decided for themselves how best to do good in the world.
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But senior figures in the Vatican are concerned that as nuns respond to the changing needs of US society, some have become too liberal.
Recent guidance about the investigation - known as the "apostolic visitation" - reveals questions about whether nuns take part in daily mass, and "the soundness of doctrine held and taught" by them.
Traditionalists have long been concerned that some sisters might be flouting Church teaching on sensitive issues such as homosexuality and the ordination of women as priests.
The investigation will also ask for a description of "the process for responding to sisters who dissent publicly or privately from the authoritative teaching of the Church".
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Well, my church ordained women in 1752, so I suppose I’d take the blessing and be grateful for it.
But, there’s something seriously amiss with with RC female religious, as even brief contact with one of their spokespersons will reveal.
Many orders of nuns, in my opinion, will be disbanded by the Vatican unless they return to orthodox views.
I think of the nuns who constantly speak out for the ordination of women in particular. You can see their obtuseness on Our Lady’s Warriors website under dissent.
**She retired in MAY 09 from the position of Pastoral Associate at our parish.**
LOL! Was she asked to leave?
My Church hasn’t and won’t, see Edicts of Savoy.
They often talked about the sin of murder in connection with abortion...in 1960, they said how Kennedy would never approve a bill legalizing abortion, because he was Catholic....
the naivety of the times....they never realized that it would be Marxist legislating from the bench of the Supreme Court that legalized abortion....
anyway...the nuns were very anti-abortion back then
The traditional orders, the ones who keep to the Habit and contemplation are not likely worried by the Vatican’s inquiry. Those orders are growing. The Modernist orders, the ones whose members would worry about the investigation, are withering away. The sort of young women who might be attracted to them go instead into social work in government agencies where the pay is better. These things work themselves out over time.
tooo funny...
Wrong. Teaching people to obey both God's law and the law of man and thus render unto Caesar what is Caesar's is part of the Church's responsibility.
2241 The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin. Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a guest under the protection of those who receive him.
Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially with regard to the immigrants' duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens.
The Church must treat the illegals on the same terms as it treats anyone else.
Sounds like a USCCB relativist talking point.
The Church should deal with the individuals. The Church is not an enforcer for the government.
This is definitely what the Church should not do.
Those who promote same-sex unions, women priesthood, false ecumenism ect. have given themselves over to Satan.
The USSCB is a lumbering ox of an organization.
The Church should not disregard what the government of Mexico, for instance, is NOT doing for its people. One reason why Mexico, despite its great wealth, is none the less “poor,” is because of a history of very bad government.
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