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-— Sister Brigid McDonald on Pope Benedict XVI: “I can’t even begin to imagine what he could say or do that would change religious women’s beliefs.” -—

How about, “You’re fired!”?

a pro-choice, pro-occupy “nun”!

Looks like the Pope was 100% spot on with this one.

“radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith,”

"I still call him Ratzinger. That fits him better. But that is just a personal bias."

I guess calling the Holy Father "Ratzinger" makes her pro-choice "ministry" [sic] easier to deal with.

“As a rule, Sister Brigid McDonald tries not to pay too much attention to papal pronouncements”

Well... There’s your problem, right there!

Cheers

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80-year-old Sister lashes out at Pope; boasts of support of abortion

Yesterday's edition of MinnPost.com has an interview with Sister Bridget McDonald, a nearly 80-year-old sister who (along with two biological sisters) is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. The interview, about the recent CDF document about the LCWR leadership, is very revealing, but it doesn't appear that Sister McDonald is fully aware of how readily she exposes the clueless, wrongheaded, rebellious, contradictory, and sometimes simply confused perspective that she and other dissenting sisters hold to and promote.

Here are a few excerpts from the interview, along with some of my "racist and sexist" commentary.

MinnPost: What are you hearing in your community about the decision?

Sister Brigid McDonald: Well, some are shocked that he would go that far, you know, to start using his power. To me, it is a misuse of power, a misuse of authority where he can step into religious communities and dictate how they should speak about these issues.

In short, she is apparently saying the Pope (and the entire magisterium) has no authority in the realm of faith and morals. That's a clue. And a problem.

I think they are overstepping their jurisdiction to expect that nuns are going to think as they tell us to think. To me those issues are not spiritual issues; many of them are political issues and some, of course, are social justice issues. I think that our personal spiritual life, it is another matter and that is our private belief.

I can't even begin to imagine what he could say or do that would change religious women's beliefs. I don't know how he plans to change that. That is of concern. That could be scary — what will he do to change our beliefs. You know, that scares me.

"They" vs. "nuns". "They" vs. "our private belief". "He" vs. "religious women's beliefs". "He" vs. "our beliefs". This sort of language speaks volumes. I wonder: has she read the document? Is she aware there are certain Catholic beliefs that are not matters of "personal opinion"? Does she understand the basic structure of the Church and the nature of genuine authority?

Other than control, I don't know what his motivation is.

This is either clueless or disingenuous. Both options are disturbing.

Read the entire post on the Catholic World Report blog.

Sister Brigid looks like Sister Frigid to me; one cold heart on that one.

“I really feel that Jesus would want us to go forward and to be out there where the people are in pain. I believe that about Jesus. I always say, Jesus never said worship me, he said follow me, so that is what I am trying to do.”

I missed the part in the Bible where Jesus said follow me to the abortion clinic.

What a silly display of leftist sloganeering. She and her leftist cronies have obviously ignored the “power” the Pope is supposedly abusing for decades so her claim is not only baseless, it’s absurd.

Sister Brigid McDonald on Pope Benedict XVI: "I can't even begin to imagine what he could say or do that would change religious women's beliefs."

GOING..........

Yes. I still call him Ratzinger. That fits him better. But that is just a personal bias.

GOING..........

I think it is pretty impossible for us to all change our beliefs on these issues to coincide with his beliefs. That sounds impossible.

WHATTT.....

I see the bishops and priests don't get updated in theology. They are still back, for an expression, with Noah's ark.

GOING.......

I always say, Jesus never said worship me, he said follow me, so that is what I am trying to do.

WHATTTTT......

I mean, like, excommunication? That is a thing of the past. You can't excommunicate hundreds of nuns.

GOING.......

Wouldn't that be kind of funny? Excommunicate the whole order! It is irrational. I don't know what other consequences there would be.

GONE...................

GET OUT OF OUR CHURCH YOU FAKE, PHONY AND FRAUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOUR ATTTAAA HERE!!!

YOUR NOT EVEN IN THE BALLPARK!!!!!!!!!

...dood. Trainload. At least a trainload...

...we were just school teachers and we just had nice little kids in front of us, you know, and we just emptied bed pans in the nursing homes and in the hospitals. But now they are right, we are out there in the different movements. We help ~~with the Occupy movement~~ promote the evil of Socialism and ~~the right-to-choice movements~~ promote the murder of innocents.

Unless she repents and stops promoting evil there is most assuredly a place in hell with her name on it

Sister Brigid McDonald: Well, some are shocked that he would go that far, you know, to start using his power. To me, it is a misuse of power, a misuse of authority where he can step into religious communities and dictate how they should speak about these issues.

The Leadership Conference was set up by the Vatican, and it has always been under the auspices of the Vatican, so what did they expect? If they are teachers of the Faith, doesn't it make sense that the Vatican would be interested in making sure that what they proclaim publicly comports with Scripture and Church teaching?

a four-year Vatican investigation had found the Leadership Conference of Women Religious has challenged church teaching on homosexuality, the ordination of women and the 2010 health-care reform popularly dubbed Obamacare. Nuns, the investigation also concluded, spend too much energy on poverty and economic injustice and not enough on abortion and same-sex marriage.

Yesterday at the Mass that is closest to our house, but not the parish of which we are members, in the homily the priest started talking about how much he disagreed with the sisters being reprimanded, how the issues that they were being reprimanded for were "unimportant" and how the work the sisters did for the poor was so much more important. He said it was wrong to criticize them, etc.

I had only suspected the Leftist nature of this priest before and his laid back attitude toward the Mass is why we are not members there and one reason why we are homeschooling instead of putting our kids in the school associated with that parish. However, yesterday was the first time he made statements in his homily in direct contradiction of the Pope. Calling the HHS mandate, abortion, gay marriage, etc. "unimportant" issues really leaves little doubt in one's mind where this priest's priorities lie. I'm not sure what action I shoudl take, since we are not members of this parish.

I had no idea Benedict....errrr...”Ratzinger”....was going around “silencing” people!!!

How does he do it?
Is he threatening them with violence if they speak?
Is he duct taping their mouths shut in their sleep?

I was under the impression he was simply doing his job....upholding catholic teachings.

These ladies can speak as loudly as they’d like.....somewhere else. Afterall....we know the reporters will follow them everywhere they go.

Hmmm. Didn’t the “Sisters” take a vow of obedience among other things?

Time to close ‘em down.