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The general secretary of the Swiss bishops' conference, Agnell Rickenmann, said that the two declarations were partly a response to the shortage of priests in Switzerland, but also reflected the Swiss Church's "independence". He said: "In Switzerland we have a 30-year tradition of theologically trained lay people active in the Church."

This is schism. Rome doesn't have the will to rein them in.

52 posted on 02/11/2005 4:25:30 PM PST by Canticle_of_Deborah
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah

C-o-D, I'm surprised at you. These are progressives we're talking about! They can't be considered schismatic unless they're Traditionalists.


65 posted on 02/12/2005 6:48:23 AM PST by TradicalRC (I'd rather live in a Christian theocracy than a secular democracy.)
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