[Lorianne]

This seems to be a suicidal religion.

[thinktwice]

Islam, practicing something akin to the inquisition, is the religion that's really looking bad these days.

[Windcatcher]

Unbelievable. We complain about feminazis, about leftists claiming our young girls and twisting them, and they want to ban something that keeps at least some of them grounded? Are they insane?

I was raised Catholic, and this makes my blood boil.

[nickcarraway]

Why is it a suicidal religion?

[ellery]

If it's true that the Pope backs such measures, I wonder what the reasoning is? Can anyone shed some light on this?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Will conservatism now sweep throughout the Church?

[beelzepug]

This Vatican topic went to 800 posts yesterday. I hope it doesn't today - my eyes have still not recovered.as

[wideawake]

This seems to be a suicidal religion.

I'm sure that you, in your profound ignorance, believe that.

Many have thought so in the past.

Many will think so long after you're gone.

And long after you're gone, the Mass will still be celebrated every day by more than a billion Catholics.

[stanz]

In think the Catholic church has far more serious problems to address rather than worrying about little girls or hand-clapping.

[Petronski]

Would you care to explain that, or should we assume it's been retracted?

[A CA Guy]

Suicidal? Catholicism was the original Christian faith starting with the Jews who followed Christ.

Other main branches broke off and began when they wanted to have a church where there sin is accepted.
Like when the King of England wanted a divorce and the Pope said no.

[aruanan]

This seems to be a suicidal religion.

Nothing like being really out of touch.

[SauronOfMordor]

The Catholic Church got along just fine without alter girls for 2000 years. I've only heard about alter girls in the last decade or so.

[mtbopfuyn]

Thanks for the article. Glad to see others of the same mind rather than flamers dumping on those of us who don't blindly agree with everything that comes out of the Vatican.

[pgkdan]

That's one of the stupidest remarks I've ever seem anywhere. You should be proud of yourself! That's quite a feat.

[longtermmemmory]

No alter girls is just restating what is already the rule. I think this part is good. There is nothing wrong with working to re-educate people to the different roles of men and women in life.

[Hawkeye's Girl]

I loved being an altar girl. It was fun.

That said, I don't really have a problem with just boys being altar servers as long as girls can still participate in Mass by bringing up the gifts, lecturing, and so on.

I agree that our priests need to remain guys, but there's got to be stuff us chicks can do to be involved in the Church also.

[MinuteGal]

Funny how one single article in the erratic British "Guardian" (based on leaked unidentified sources) excites hundreds of emotional responses as if the draft changes were a fait accompli.

Could it be that two maverick priests from perhaps a hundred members of the two ministries committee preparing the report are looking for attention for their own reasons or agenda? Who knows the circumstances here?

I'm Lutheran, but respect the Pope mightily. I'll wait and see if extremist views actually even make it to the final cut. I doubt it.

Leni

[agarrett]

And it would rank services jointly celebrated with Protestant ministers or Orthodox priests alongside black masses as one of the four "most serious" abuses

  What I've read of this thread so far was mostly talking about the altar girls, but this was the bit that jumped out at me. Among other things, what would this do to Catholic military chaplains?

  Being a Protestant myself, I can't say I'm too amused with being compared to a Black Mass in seriousness. Ah well, still no skin off my nose.

Drew Garrett

[agarrett]

And it would rank services jointly celebrated with Protestant ministers or Orthodox priests alongside black masses as one of the four "most serious" abuses

  What I've read of this thread so far was mostly talking about the altar girls, but this was the bit that jumped out at me. Among other things, what would this do to Catholic military chaplains?

  Being a Protestant myself, I can't say I'm too amused with being compared to a Black Mass in seriousness. Ah well, still no skin off my nose.

Drew Garrett

[MonroeDNA]

Good.

Let the infidels suffer.

Whoever disbelieves must burn at the stake. We must purify. Altar girls are a sacrledge.

They are not little boys.