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CATHOLIC WATCHDOG GROUP CALLS ON U.S. CARDINALS TO AFFIRM CHURCH TEACHING WHILE IN ROME
Roman Catholic Faithful, Inc. ^
| April 17, 2002
| Stephen G. Brady
Posted on 04/17/2002 2:17:23 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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BEST NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL DAY: [Rod Dreher] Michael Rose, author of Goodbye, Good Men, the blockbuster expose of homosexuality and heresy in American seminaries, e-mails to say he just filled an order from a Polish monsignor in the Vatican, who ordered four copies and promised to do his best to get a copy into the Holy Father's hands before the pontiff meets next week with the American cardinals. You go, Monsignor! If John Paul reads only chapter four, "The Gay Subculture," he will meet the cardinals with fire blazing in his eyes. In other good news, Regnery Publishing has bought rights to Goodbye, Good Men, which is now out only in paperback, and will be rushing a hardcover edition into stores next month. Regnery's involvement means this extremely important book will get huge distribution and exposure. Posted 1:50 PM | [Link]
To: Dr. Brian Kopp
BTT
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posted on
04/17/2002 2:18:38 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
To: Dr. Brian Kopp
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posted on
04/17/2002 2:18:39 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
To: *Catholic_list;
patent;
notwithstanding;
JMJ333;
Aunt Polgara;
AgThorn;
IM2Phat4U...
An international group of faithful Roman Catholics has contacted Vatican prelates and all active U.S. cardinals and asked them to publicly affirm the Church's 1961 pronouncement against admitting homosexuals or pedophiles to the priesthood. Truly pathetic that the laity must be the ones calling on the Cardinals to be Catholic in more than name only. If they will not affirm this, and the Vatican will not enforce this, we might as well pull up the tent stakes and go home and wait for the Trumpets to sound.
To: Dr. Brian Kopp
And, moreover, that the Church's teachings be honored without public dissent by faculty on
ALL Catholic campuses, including colleges and universities as well as seminaries. If they don't do this, the problems just continue.
Here: another article
To: Admin Moderator; Sidebar Moderator; Jim Robinson; *Catholic_list;
patent;
notwithstanding...
This is obviously a news article, not a "Religion Forum" article. Why was this pulled from the News Forum and placed in the Religion Forum? Its OK to bash the Church on the News Forum, but not defend the Church on the News Forum, or call for those measures that would solve the problem? This is a hypocritical double standard, and bespeaks a strong anti-Catholic bias here on Free Republic.
To: Dr. Brian Kopp
"Truly pathetic that the laity must be the ones calling on the Cardinals to be Catholic in more than name only."A sign of the times, Brian. The laity, in case the heirarchy haven't been looking lately (and they haven't), are virtually the only ones holding to the Magisterium these days. But the fact that the bishops and cardinals are dissembling, backpedaling, speechifying, LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH, and generally trying to get us all not to notice the man behind the curtain tells me one thing: They have been covered up FOR at some time in the past. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to discover that more than half of these enabling bishops and cardinals were just as swishy as the "priests" they protect. I never dreamed that I would EVER have so little respect for the bishops of this country, but I know this: I would dearly love to stare one of these lying sacks of sh*t right in the eyes and see what he did about it. (The general guilty reaaction is fury!)
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04/17/2002 2:30:03 PM PDT
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redhead
To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
I'm disgusted with those running this forum who censor anything that tries to fight or solve the problems in our church by removing it from the News Forum. This is intolerable. But I'm sure I'll be told its not
my forum, I'm only a member, and
Don't let the door hit you on your way out.Amazing how FR lately has become so like the mainstream media, censoring anything that would reveal the Truth about this crisis by banishing it to the Religion Forum ghetto. I stand by my previous posts on this issue.
To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
ALL professors at Ave Maria College and Ave Maria School of Law take some sort of annual public oath of loyalty to the magisterium.
To: Dr. Brian Kopp
Brian,
Be clever. Wait until the next "news" story about the scandal isposted and then post this piece "en toto" as a comment right away. That way you accomplish your goal: making sure FReepers get ALL the info - not just what big media want them to get. Keep using that tactic. It works.
To: Dr. Brian Kopp
Oddly enough, I found this to be encouraging, not pathetic. I am encouraged that the laity have such an in-depth knowledge of pronouncements. I am also encouraged that we have such a declaration and that JPII is likely to enforce it.
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posted on
04/17/2002 2:44:20 PM PDT
by
kidd
To: Notwithstanding
Unfortunately, a number of professors at other Catholic institutions have refused to do this. Richard McBrien of Notre Dame even refused to seek a mandatum from his bishop to teach "Catholic theology." Anyone who has an emotionally visceral or strong hostility toward Catholic teaching, Catholic culture, or the Church in general should never be given authority in a Catholic classroom, lecture hall, chairmanship of a department, or a university president's office. Moreover, there are actually anti-Catholic non-Catholic faculty at some "Catholic" institutions of higher learning.
To: Dr. Brian Kopp; ELS; katnip;viadexter; pax_et_bonum; Romulus; GenXFreedomFighter; B-Chan...
This is an excellent development and helps calm me down over what Cardinal Law has been saying. I hope the Polish msgr. gets the copy of the book to the Holy Father.
To: Dr. Brian Kopp
Oh please, oh please, oh please ...
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posted on
04/17/2002 2:58:33 PM PDT
by
Askel5
To: Notwithstanding
Good advice. Ignore my FReepmail.
To: Dr. Brian Kopp
sometimes it is bad to reaffirm stances because it shows that the view was called into question. as much as i agree with the stance against sodomite priests, i dont know what i think about a reaffirmation.
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posted on
04/17/2002 3:14:44 PM PDT
by
pro-life
To: Dr. Brian Kopp
,
we might as well pull up the tent stakes and go home and wait for the Trumpets to sound. No need to pull up tent stakes and wait for the trumpets. Continue to pray. Receive the sacraments God has given to us from the priests we have (good and bad). Then just go about doing good. Don't worry if things don't go your way all the time. Just remember that the Holy Spirit is with us day and night until the end of time. It's grace. Everything is grace.
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posted on
04/17/2002 4:19:06 PM PDT
by
Renatus
To: Renatus
Amen. Thanks.
To: Dr. Brian Kopp;Catholic_List;Christian_List;patent
To: pro-life
sometimes it is bad to reaffirm stances because it shows that the view was called into question....Better than reaffirmation is enforcement. Can I get an Amen? (Protestant lingo)
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posted on
04/17/2002 4:51:53 PM PDT
by
drstevej
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