Archive for May 24th, 2012
Is the Catholic Church Downsizing into a Sect?
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Dissent, Voice of the Faithful on May 24, 2012
National Catholic Reporter columnist Jamie Manson asks this question in her column today (May 24, 2012). As counterpoint to an institutional Church she sees as increasingly outside society, Manson proposes, “Jesus never allowed absolute obedience to the law to trump the pastoral needs of the person standing before him. He defied religious ritual for the sake of healing the suffering. He called everyone — tax collector, rich man, woman, drunkard, prostitute — to his table, no loyalty tests or confessions required.”
Jamie Manson will speak at Voice of the Faithful’s 10th Year Conference in Boston this September. Manson received her Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School, where she studied Catholic theology and sexual ethics. Her columns for NCR earned her a first prize Catholic Press Association award for Best Column/Regular Commentary in 2010.
Cleveland Catholics Want Church Reopened Now
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, Catholic Dissent, Vatican, Voice of the Faithful on May 24, 2012
The National Catholic Reporter told us yesterday (May 23, 2012) in Cleveland Catholics demand Lennon reopen parish immediately that Catholics there have filed a second suit in Canon Law court in Rome to force Bishop Richard G. Lennon to follow the Vatican’s March 1 order to reopen 12 local churches. The diocese has countered that the bishop is meeting with the parishes and that the churches will re-open soon, but this second lawsuit shows parishioners apparently are upset at the delay.
Progressive Catholic Bishops Are Overcoming Their Reticence
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, Voice of the Faithful on May 24, 2012
Yesterday’s (May 23, 2012) issue of The Washington Post carried a column by E.J. Dionne, Jr., called The battle among Catholic bishops. Dionne comments in the column on what he sees as evidence that progressive Catholic bishops in the United States are overcoming their reticence about publicly challenging conservative views. In his column, he references Kevin Clarke’s article in America magazine, Bishop Blaire Seeks ‘Wider Consultation’ on Religious Liberty, as an example. Dionne concludes, “For too long, the Catholic Church’s stance on public issues has been defined by the outspokenness of its most conservative bishops and the reticence of moderate and progressive prelates. Signs that this might finally be changing are encouraging for the church, and for American politics.”
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