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| June 16, 2004
| Domenico Bettenelli, Jr.
Posted on 06/17/2004 11:20:09 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: B Knotts
Oh, these photos will be terrible. And graphic.
And terrible, too.
141
posted on
06/17/2004 12:28:46 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium . . . sed ego sum homo indomitus")
To: Salvation
I heard on the radio this morning that the Archbishop of Tucson announced that it looked like the dioscese would have to file for bankruptcy( first in the nation) over the lawsuits involved. Perhaps that's under discussion in Denver as well.
142
posted on
06/17/2004 12:30:19 PM PDT
by
kas2591
(Life's harder when you're stupid.)
To: Peach
Search around for an Anglican use church in your area and you can have the best of both worlds. Also look for a Traditional Latin Mass.
143
posted on
06/17/2004 12:30:38 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: r9etb
Yeah -- I meant to say "the Hierarchy of the Catholic Church," at least in the U.S. I think Dreher's comment hints that it's more than just Americans, though. Maybe it's something along the lines of what happened in California back in the 1970s with some members of the crew that had been filming the movie "Apocalypse Now" in the Philippines.
144
posted on
06/17/2004 12:31:07 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium . . . sed ego sum homo indomitus")
To: GOP Soccer Mom
145
posted on
06/17/2004 12:32:26 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: eno_
"Just that Catholics have a larger problem for a reason."
According to the author of "Good Bye, Good Men," the reason is that gays and lesbians, and/or their sympathizers, gained key posts in diocesan agencies responsible for screening of applicants to the priesthood. Applicants with traditional Catholic values were deliberately screened out, and only extreme liberals - including many homosexuals - were allowed to proceed towards ordination. Very few people were involved in the process, so it was easily manipulated towards their ends, and there was little if any oversight by people who might have put a stop to it.
To: Peach
I have not changed my story with the exception that, without going back to look, I said that Father John said "we" could not receive the sacrament anymore. That is the generic we of an 7 year old who was too young to attend church alone without a parent accompanying her. "The priest came the following week to tell my mother none of us could receive the sacrament."
Sounds like your mother could still take you to church, where you could receive Holy Communion. But that's not as dramatic, and you want the Church to look bad, ~~keeping 7-year-olds from the eucharist, keeping Iraqis under Saddam, encouraging priests to abuse children~~ it's a load of ****.
Your accusations are a disgrace and have made me more upset than I've ever been on Free Republic.
You tell a sketchy sob story and attack the Church, and you're appalled someone would call you out -- well, welcome to reality.
147
posted on
06/17/2004 12:33:49 PM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
(Yes, I do think I'm funny, why do you ask?)
To: Peach
*sigh* I honestly don't understand why you would stay with the Episcopal Church (allowing abortion, supporting gay marriage, ordaining a bishop who left his family and lives in a sinful lifestyle with another man, etc.), knowing what you know about the Catholic Church, esp. if you are so bothered by these things. Are they easier to live with than the cruelty of one man when you were seven years old?
Bitterness will not help you in life, directed at anyone. I know it seems like a lot, but I think you have got to forgive that priest and stop being so angry with the Church. He was a man, who can and did sin, just as everyone else in the world can and does. He is not the Church, the people as a whole are.
If you really miss the Mother Church, why not come home to Her? Why not forgive that priest and consider it? It pains me to see people leave the Church because of other people.
To: ninenot; sinkspur
**You gotta know SOMEBODY.**
My thoughts, exactly. LOL!
149
posted on
06/17/2004 12:37:49 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Peach
"
My father walked out the door when on the day JFK was killed."
Could you elaborate? I can't see a connection.
150
posted on
06/17/2004 12:37:58 PM PDT
by
cibco
(Xin Loi... Saddam)
To: rootntootn
it is troubling to christians attacking each other, rather than the homos.
151
posted on
06/17/2004 12:39:19 PM PDT
by
fooman
(Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
To: r9etb
True, the lefties hate us RC's.
Also true that certain Churchmen have only themselves to blame.
That's the reason the TTGC (see my tagline) exists. We will have a great deal of work to do. If Dreher is right, we will also need international memberships.
152
posted on
06/17/2004 12:39:43 PM PDT
by
ninenot
(Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
To: Peach
That's a strawman argument. No argument with God. Just the spokespeople within the church who think they have the moral authority to comment on the war. They can't even get their own house in order.The New Testament warns us to not be like the Sadducees and Pharisees of their day. Essentially spending every day dispensing moral judgements while not having their own lives and houses in order.
153
posted on
06/17/2004 12:40:43 PM PDT
by
Ghengis
To: BlackRazor
Precisely. But there are many here on FR, professed-Christians, who want that too. A few of them are posting to this thread.
154
posted on
06/17/2004 12:41:15 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Ronald Reagan: 1015 electoral votes.)
To: eno_
That's what they claim. How many altarboys do you have to diddle to lose that claim? How many millions of poor do you have to feed, billions of prayers do you have to pray, souls do you have to save, to get back that claim?
It's patently ridiculous to expect the Church on earth to be perfect. We are sinners, of course, but it's still God's truth we proclaim, which is perfect. And that's where the authority comes from.
155
posted on
06/17/2004 12:41:25 PM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
(Yes, I do think I'm funny, why do you ask?)
To: Peach
That they have let priests sexually abuse children? Nope. THat isn't a lie. It came out in their hearings that they KNOWLINGLY moved "problem" priests. Moved them so they could abuse sexually more unsuspecting children. You want to defend that? Go right ahead.
Peach, can you point to any post by any freeper that actually defends the abuse of children by anyone, be they priest, bishop or other? Theres a difference between defending the divine institution that is the Church and defending those who serve as her administrators. Don't let your emotions cloud your ability to see clearly.
156
posted on
06/17/2004 12:42:04 PM PDT
by
conservonator
(Blank by popular demand)
To: maryz; .45MAN; AAABEST; AKA Elena; al_c; american colleen; Angelus Errare; annalex; Annie03; ...
So you know what it's about? Can you tell now? No, please disregard my last post, I just double-checked my source. I was incorrect, wrong story/newspaper.
157
posted on
06/17/2004 12:42:23 PM PDT
by
Polycarp IV
(PRO-LIFE orthodox Catholic--without exception, without compromise, without apology. Any questions?)
To: JohnnyZ
Things were different before Vatican II. I think that's been well-covered on this thread.
To: Polycarp IV
To: JohnnyZ
160
posted on
06/17/2004 12:44:27 PM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
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