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FYI -- one of the very best things I've read on the whole sordid mess.
2 posted on 03/28/2002 11:42:48 AM PST by Romulus
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3 posted on 03/28/2002 11:44:08 AM PST by Romulus
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To: Romulus
one of the very best things I've read on the whole sordid mess.

The sorry mess will eventually be understood as symptomatic not of the priesthood but of "we the people" if not the West.

9 posted on 03/28/2002 12:07:57 PM PST by cornelis
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...for centuries the churches of Western Christianity have been seen by both men and women as belonging to the feminine sphere of life, just like nursing, cooking, and the care of small children. Consequently, men who are attracted to careers in the Church often have a weak sense of masculinity, have difficulty dealing with men and therefore prefer to deal mostly with women, and have personalities that tend to pick up a feminine savor; they are, in short, more or less effeminate.

I haven't read his book, but centuries? I can see decades (as in, since Vatican II). I realize it's anecdotal, but the priests I know who were ordained before VII are not effeminate.

Overall, it was a very good and insightful article. Thanks, Romulus.

15 posted on 03/28/2002 12:25:22 PM PST by ELS
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