Posted on 03/27/2002 8:02:13 AM PST by LarryLied
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Catholic Church's most reliable supporters, conservatives who have traditionally leapt to defend the institutional hierarchy whenever its practices have been questioned, are increasingly irate over the church's handling of the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
Commentators William J. Bennett, William F. Buckley Jr., and Patrick J. Buchanan have harshly criticized Cardinal Bernard F. Law. Self-described orthodox Catholics are denouncing the church's bishops.
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You're welcome. A large part of the problem is that good honest orthodox Catholic men are routinely screened out of placement in the semenaries as being too "rigid." If one does not have a positive attitude about homosexuality or women priests, one is too rigid.
Needles to say this means only weak men are accepted. Then we have scandals and priest shortages, which naturally leads to a call for women priests. Tidy, isn't it?
SD
It looks as if the rank and file, salt of the earth, conservative Catholics are going to put so much pressure on the church reform will occur. This could turn out very well. The battle will be, as the article states, between the liberals who want to change the rules of the church (allow marriage, stop viewing homosexuality as a sin) and the conservatives. If conservatives do not win, the church is, in my opinion, finished. I least I hope that would be the case. A Catholic Church which fully embraced the left would be a nightmare for everyone, no matter what their faith.
1Cor 6:9
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God ? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals , nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God
this is a very common practice, especially in liberal dioceses. The problem is that most of these nuns are feminists. By and large, the only place you will find traditional, faithful nuns in full habit is in deeply cloistered convents. Mother Angelica's monastery is home to cloistered Poor Clare sisters.
Being a Protestant it is a moot point to me, but I've got to say that celibacy seems to me to be unnatural, priest or layman. If I've offended you, I'm truly sorry.
I can think of about 10 million faithful laypeople who would JUMP at the chance!
The question is: will you be given that chance? If not, how do you respond?
The Church wanted to control the production of wealth, thus the Pope stated that priests should be celibate and thus the Church would assume control of the means producing wealth.
I've seen this posted by others on FR and it is nonsense. Try this webpage by Fr. Anthony Zimmerman, STD: Celibacy dates back to the Apostles for an accurate, well-developed discussion of the history of celibacy in the Catholic Church.
Are you aware of the difference between the Roman Catholic Church, and the catholic church?
ALL regenerate Christians are saints and as such are members of the universal (catholic) church.
You can count me as anti-Romish doctrine. This is why:
Perhaps James I wasn't a Calvinist, but he wasn't a Catholic, either. If you'd like to demonstrate that the idea of the "divine right of kings" is contrary to Calvinism, be my guest, but don't stick us with the blame for it.
Certainly, if they can get away with it. That's why laymen must FREEP the bishops in front of chanceries and residences until Rome agrees to adopt the Boy Scout policy of no homos allowed.
Who can pass this quiz?
1)Now guess who is disparaged the most by the liberal clergy?
2)What newspaper is the least likely to be on display in your Church?
If you said Mother Angelica and her EWTN stations and the Wanderer Newspaper, you would be correct. Both are in the forefront for years in exposing problems in the Church. ("They should not be showing the dirty linen" "they are uncharitable". Righto - better for the lawyers to do the exposing and raiding the collection baskets. A lot of money that could have been used better.
Maybe they weren't really teaching the Catholic Faith.
The FSSP seminary in Nebraska is full. The Nashville Dominican sisters are turning away potential novices: no room left in the convent. Dioceses with vigorous orthodox bishops, like Fargo, ND, have plenty of vocations to the priesthood. Mother Angelica's convent is full.
The Nashville Dominicans say that girls who call them ask two questions: "Are you primarily a teaching or nursing order?" and "Do you wear a habit?" (Answers: "teaching" and "yes") They look and act like sisters, not like grouchy, man-hating, church-hating refugees from the local NAG chapter.
The vocations are out there, but they are vocations to the Catholic priesthood & religious life, not to the AmChurch priesthood of feminist ideology, heresy, and banal liturgy.
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