Unless you are a coloring book Catholic or a neo Gnostic, you know that schism is denigrating the pope and not accepting his authority in matters of faith, morals and discipline. Coloring book catholics of course think they have personal knowledge that leads them to reject all of what is essential concerning papal authority in those areas including public dissent and animosity toward the Supreme Pontiff. Some of these so-called tending towards schism (breaking with the pope) post here. And to complicate their egregious mortal sins toward the Supreme Pontiff, they glory in their mortals sins against the two greatest commandments which sum up the 10, charity.
Here’s a left leaning example of this heterodoxy which also has a “right” leaning fraternal twin:
This priest often in my diocese in Columbus, ga in prison there, is excommunicated by Pope Francis and laicized, yet the NCR prints his heresy:
Here’s a left leaning example of this heterodoxy which also has a “right” leaning fraternal twin:
This priest often in my diocese in Columbus, ga in prison there, is excommunicated by Pope Francis and laicized, yet the NCR prints his heresy:
In these challenging times, I am filled with hope to see so many people in our country speaking out about racism and white supremacy. It seems that an increased awareness of the need for equality is taking hold where before we saw apathy and indifference.
Another form of supremacy — male supremacy — has run rampant in our world for far too long. Having served as a Catholic priest for 40 years, I am well acquainted with the injustices that result when institutional power rests solely in the hands of an elite group, in this case, the all-male priesthood. As the world around it struggles toward equality, the church hierarchy clings to its hold on power, trotting out the same tired justifications for women’s subordination, much of it rooted in pseudoscience and the ignorant musings of medieval philosophers....
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Despite being ordained for 40 years he seems to know nothing of the origins of the priesthood.... Nor does he seem to care. Glad he was expelled..... To treat the priesthood as an "equal rights" issue is just plain sacrilege.
Disordered thinking.
The pretend priests look like they are having a good time. NCR keeps pushing this nonsense.
I don't see why they don't just go to the Episcopal Church. Well I do know why. They want to deconstruct the Church. It's the grand prize. It's not about attaining "equality," it's the "because it's there" reason.
Sheesh...he is over 80yrs old, now.
He has received all manner of awards from the peacenik crowd.
At his age, he is not far from his ultimate award, he has worked very hard a very long time for that award, and I hope he enjoys it.
The need to deconstruct, to reinvent or, to attempt to shame an organization into submission is not new however, that troubling mindset and passion has obviously been amplified in the Roman Church since the Council. Why such dissenters, as noted by other commenters, do not simply go to a church that better aligns with their collective narrative is difficult to understand. They would have what they want without the hurtles they are attempting to overcome or, circumvent. While I'm sure the Orthodox experience something similar though, perhaps not to the extent found within the Western Church, it is encouraging that they resist such fractures against consistency with tradition - tradition that goes back to our Lord and his apostles.
It's all about ego.
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