This is the unspoken heart of the issue, and no one wants to address it. The parents deeply hurt and offended by this teaching aren't really Roman Catholics; they just want to escape the hellholes of public education on the cheap. The Diocese wants their money.
The conflict is easy to resolve: these parents need to be told to suck it up -- and they will -- because there is no way they're going to allow their precious little darlings to be dumped in the dangerous, crime ridden, and underperforming alternatives. AND THEY KNOW IT.
The Diocese should call their bluff.
“Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!”
What does this mean in English, please?
You are correct......call their bluff and refer them to a non judgemental, all cultures are equal, gov’t school.
I wish that were the case. Sadly, I’d bet the vast majority of them are “practicing Catholics” - that is, they go to mass fairly regularly, etc.
But they are of a generation of Catholics so poorly catechized that they have no idea of the teachings of the Church and they think of it is a sort of feel-good thing that exists just to confirm them in feeling comfortable with themselves.
This priest and the bishop - and the sister, of course - are very courageous and it sounds to me that they’re not backing down for the money, as you put it. It’s just that there’s a huge backlog of poorly instructed, media-driven Vatican II Catholics out there, and they feel very empowered now that they have learned the left-wing tactics of mob action.
The diocese should threaten to close the school unless students and parents sign an agreement that they will abide by the teachings of the church.
I read several years ago that an independent Catholic school in NYC would not accept students whose parents were divorced and would expel students whose parents divorced while their children attended the school.
Exactly. And I think they are calling their bluff. Pray they have the courage to see it through.
Apparently Sister’s sabbatical was voluntary. I personally think she’s shocked she would receive such a backlash after speaking at a Catholic school. She probably needs a break and she deserves it IMO especially since she’s given the same talk across the country. Pray for her too.