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To: markomalley
So you like the ritual offered by the Anglicans while endorsing abominations like allowing the ordination of open homosexuals?

Ever heard of Bishop Pilla and his rainbow friends in Cleveland? Are you sure that you don't want to withdraw your statement? Or do I need to name one or two more Catholic Bishops? Or should we just start discussing the large numbers of ordained homosexual priests in some of the Catholic Dioceses?

20 posted on 05/06/2008 6:31:17 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35
Ever heard of Bishop Pilla and his rainbow friends in Cleveland? Are you sure that you don't want to withdraw your statement? Or do I need to name one or two more Catholic Bishops? Or should we just start discussing the large numbers of ordained homosexual priests in some of the Catholic Dioceses?

Knock yourself out.

You will hear me decrying homosexual priests just as loudly as you do. If not louder! In fact, I would guess that any of the Catholic FReepers would be right there! (And it makes sense, as it directly impacts US)

In fact, you could add McCarrick, formerly (thank God formerly) of DC...Wakefield...and others.

If you read any of the Catholic threads posted here by Catholic posters, you won't think that ANY of us have any illusions as to how corrupt the US Church is. Thanks be to God there are a few good ones: Burke, Chaput, and a few others.

The big difference between the two institutions is that in the cases I've cited, official, on the record endorsement was provided by a national episcopal conference (of TEC in the US). Thanks be to God, that kind of thing has never even been attempted by the USCCB...and if they ever dared do it, Rome would b**ch-slap them so fast it wouldn't even be funny. Especially with the current Pontiff.

Corruption is bad, no matter where (a jail-bait hunting preacher is just as bad as a jail-bait hunting priest is just as bad as a jail-bait hunting rabbi, etc.). But there is a huge difference between widespread corruption among individuals in an institution and official sanction given.

So if you want to bad-mouth the officials and many of the parishes in the US Catholic Church, go for it. But keep in mind it's been said before. By Catholics.

25 posted on 05/06/2008 6:54:26 PM PDT by markomalley (Extra ecclesiam nulla salus)
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