Archive for November 7th, 2016
It’s not a complement / America: The National Catholic Review
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Pope Francis, Vatican, Voice of the Faithful, Women in Catholic Church on November 7, 2016
“Women priests or not, gendered theology is hurting the church.”
One thing everyone can agree on about Pope Francis: His press conferences give us something to talk about. This week’s was no different. When asked about women’s ordination, the pope recalled St. John Paul II’s assertion that women could never be considered for the priesthood as a final, settled matter …
“More troubling than the question of whether women can participate in the church’s sacramental ministry as priests is the infiltration of such a gendered ecclesiology into the highest echelons of the church’s hierarchy.”
By Natalia Imperatori-Lee, America: The National Catholic Review — Click here to read the rest of this article.
Pope Francis names Joseph Tobin to lead Archdiocese of Newark / The New York Times
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Catholic Bishops, Pope Francis, Voice of the Faithful on November 7, 2016
Pope Francis continues to position bishops/cardinals amenable to his views in important dioceses …
In his latest move to reshape the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States, Pope Francis on Monday (Nov. 7) named a moderate known for standing up for refugees and nuns to be the next leader of the Archdiocese of Newark, a large and troubled diocese.
“Francis’ pick is Joseph W. Tobin, currently the archbishop of Indianapolis. He made national headlines last year when he rebuffed Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, now the Republican vice-presidential nominee, by refusing to stop Catholic Charities from resettling a family of Syrian refugees.
“Archbishop Tobin is so clearly in the pope’s favor that he is among 17 churchmen being made cardinals in Rome later this month. The Archdiocese of Newark has never before been led by a cardinal, the rank of those entrusted to select new popes.
“His transfer to New Jersey places a second cardinal in bridge-and-tunnel proximity of the nation’s media capital, where Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York is now the undisputed spokesman on Catholic matters.”
By Laruie Goodstein, The New York Times — Click here to read the rest of this story.
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