[BibChr]

Mary Louise Cervone has been a practicing Roman Catholic all her life and, as a lesbian....

You (and some others) gave me such a nice response last time, I'm trying for 2 for 2.

How can this be? The RCC has one position on homosexual conduct, doesn't it? Why is she still an RCC? What hasn't she been excommunicated?

Dan

[ArrogantBustard]

Dan, the AP says she's a 'practicing Catholic'. She very likely makes the same claim. Anyone who understands the Catholic (or any other Christian) teachings regarding homosexuality, would say that she is living in a state of unrepented, habitual, serious sin. In other words, she and the AP aren't telling the truth. Why hasn't she been excommunicated? I'm not sure where she's from. If she's from the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska she has been excommunicated, as have all other members of "Dignity", "Call to Action", "Catholics for Free Choice", and a handful of other unrepentantly heretical organisations. If she's from someplace else, the reason is that her bishop, unlike Bp. Fabian Bruskewicz, is a wimp. Does that cover it?

AB

[sinkspur]

How can this be? The RCC has one position on homosexual conduct, doesn't it? Why is she still an RCC? What hasn't she been excommunicated?

Homosexual conduct is a sin. Sinning makes one a sinner. It does not mean that one can no longer be a member of the Church.

Excommunication is reserved for certain grievous sins (like procuring an abortion) which are specifically spelled out in canon law. Homosexual acts place one outside of the grace of Christ, but not outside the Church.

[ThomasMore]

Why is she still an RCC? What hasn't she been excommunicated?

Good questions? As to the first, she has an agenda to destroy the traditional Church and Her teachings. The latter; I don't know. I can't, for the life of me, understand why she hasn't been excommunicated. All I can say is it has to be by her Bishop. If he's a "progressive" (modernist, liberal), and I could use other expletives (deletives), then he simply won't excommunicate her and she's safe. Maybe we can move Bishop Bruskowitz(sp?) to her diocese. He has never been afraid of excommunicating any one individual or group that perversely violates the faith.