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SOA Watch Founder To Be Excommunicated By Vatican
WRBL.com ^ | Nov 18.2008 | David Spunt

Posted on 11/20/2008 6:02:46 AM PST by AmericanMade1776

The founder of SOA Watch, Father Roy Bourgeois is being excommunicated from the Catholic Church.

The Maryknoll brother tells News 3 he's been notified by the Vatican that the excommunication is taking place because he recently participated in a ceremony ordaining a woman priest.

He says he's not sorry for what he did, and feels it was morally right.

“I have a deep love for my church. I have been a minister for 36 years but at the same time there's what we call conscience that is very sacred, Bourgeois said.

Bourgeois says he has 30 days to recant his actions in order to remain a priest.

He says he will send a letter to the Vatican telling them he will not recant.

(Excerpt) Read more at wrbl.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bourgeois; catholic; soa

If you want to stop the killing "soon to be ex father" Roy Bourgeois, why don't you talk to your Hollywood friends about abortion?


1 posted on 11/20/2008 6:02:47 AM PST by AmericanMade1776
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To: AmericanMade1776

30 days? This guy’s good for another 30 days?


2 posted on 11/20/2008 6:06:10 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: AmericanMade1776
“I have a deep love for my church self. I have been a minister for 36 years but at the same time there's what we call conscience pride and self-will that is very sacred to myself," Bourgeois said.

There. Fixed it.

3 posted on 11/20/2008 6:06:48 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse - TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AnAmericanMother

I see you used the “CINO hypocrite” setting on your Universal Translator.


4 posted on 11/20/2008 6:12:12 AM PST by Tax-chick ("I thank Thee, dear Jesus, that Thy will and not mine has been done." ~St. Frances Cabrini)
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To: AmericanMade1776

I hope this is accurate and he IS being publicly excommunicated. It’s past time to draw the line in the sand.
(And YES, we should pray for him.)


5 posted on 11/20/2008 6:19:17 AM PST by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Personally I think they should excommunicate the entire Marytroll Order and the Jesuits to boot!


6 posted on 11/20/2008 6:34:36 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Personally I think they should excommunicate the entire Marytroll Order and the Jesuits to boot!


7 posted on 11/20/2008 6:34:46 AM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: Tax-chick
These people are so predictable, you hardly need the translator.

Shame they've been allowed to run wild for 40 years, but God bless Pope Benedict, he's finally doing something about these rebellious priests.

8 posted on 11/20/2008 7:03:57 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse - TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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9 posted on 11/20/2008 7:37:33 AM PST by narses (http://www.theobamadisaster.com/)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Well said.

Notice he said “what I feel is right”, not “what I KNOW is right”


10 posted on 11/20/2008 7:45:27 AM PST by rjp2005 (Lord have mercy on us)
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To: AmericanMade1776

Looooonnnnnnggggg overdue.


11 posted on 11/20/2008 7:48:46 AM PST by Wonder Warthog ( The Hog of Steel)
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To: rjp2005
Very good point.

With moonbat leftists, it's all about 'feelings'. Facts have nothing to do with it.

He knows he's wrong, but he's pridefully insisting that his personal feelings trump the Magisterium. I think it's because he's painted himself into a corner and can't back down now.

12 posted on 11/20/2008 7:55:34 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse - TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AmericanMade1776

I had to look up SOA Watch. It’s the liberation theology (i.e. marxist) fruitcakes who want to close down the School of the Americas.


13 posted on 11/20/2008 8:37:39 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: AmericanMade1776
OK, will someone please enlighten me, since the writer of article saw no need to do so? What is the SOA; Sons of Anarchy, Society of Athiests?

The Maryknolls have been into Liberation Theology, and the 'preferential option for the poor' for years. I guess this priest just absorbed it more than others, along with all the other liberal and feminist carp floating around, and decided HIS feelings were more important than the 2000 year old teachings of Christ and the Church.

We knew a Maryknoll priest, many years ago, who moved to Dalonegha (sp?), GA. Is that where this man is from?

14 posted on 11/20/2008 8:43:32 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: Cicero

Thank you for the explanation of SOA.


15 posted on 11/20/2008 8:44:13 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: ZULU
Personally I think they should excommunicate the entire Marytroll Order and the Jesuits to boot!

Can we throw in the Sisters of St. Joseph in Cleveland, too?
16 posted on 11/20/2008 9:40:18 AM PST by arfan (Think Critically... Act Decisively... Reflect Constantly...)
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To: Cicero

OK. What is the Scool of the Americas and why do they want to shut it down?


17 posted on 11/20/2008 1:34:12 PM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The School of the Americas is a place where Latin American troops and police were trained by the US military. It has been renamed.

The theory of folks who are into Liberation Theology and other lefists was that it was an imperialist plot to kill off all those righteous leftist revolutionaries down there and oppress the natives.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_for_Security_Cooperation


18 posted on 11/20/2008 2:45:04 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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