Vatican: Nuns must promote medieval doctr...., err, church teachings

[marmar]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican insisted after a high level meeting Tuesday that American nuns must faithfully promote age-old church teachings, after the women were accused by Rome of flouting core doctrine and taking an overly liberal "feminist" bent.

Sister Pat Farrell and Sister Janet Mock, respectively president and executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) met with the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal William Levada and the American bishop tasked by the Vatican to overhaul the group which represents about 80 percent of American sisters.

Farrell and Mock came to Rome to present their concerns about the Vatican's April decision to reform the LCWR from the ground up. Levada's office had determined that the LCWR had strayed too far from church doctrine and was imposing certain "radical feminist themes" that were incompatible with Catholicism. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Vatican-says-US-nuns-must-promote-church-teachings-3627245.php

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

1. and they wonder why

people like me, raised in the church, are not interested in returning. Until the leadership enters the 21st Century I'm not returning..........

[patrice]

2. Q. from whose "ground up"?

A. http://www.tfp.org/

Translation: "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$oylent Green IS people."

[jpbollma]

3. haha What Logic

The Nuns are probably one of the few parts of the Church that the people still have respect and empathy for...so let's drag them down the abortion/gay hating road to oblivion with us!--Catholic Bishops

[patrice]

13. not sure I understand your reply. are you sure you understand mine? The Bishops =

http://www.tfp.org/ & that's the "ground" they will start from in THEIR "reform", what the women are, as distinct from the cannonical hierarchy is not worth anything to them. Do we agree?

[jpbollma]

18. My apologies,

my response was meant just for the story mentioned in the original post, not yours!

[patrice]

19. Agree! - more than you know.

[Bake]

4. Medieval! You nailed it!

Despite Vatican II, the RCC is still stuck in the 12th Century.

Of course, if the Church and the Rethuglicans have their way, we'll go back to the 12th Century, complete with lords and ladies, vassals and serfs.

Bake

[AngryOldDem]

6. The Church died with Pope John XXIII.

I knew when Ratzinger became Pope that Vatican II would be rolled back into nonexistence. First it was tampering with the Mass until it is now unrecognizable. Now, the changes are even more insidious and damaging.

The Church is committing slow suicide.

[Bake]

7. We can only hope ...

Bake

[AngryOldDem]

8. No kidding.

It's becoming a blight.

[Bake]

10. Vatican II was an attempt -- even a bold attempt -- to join the modern world.

With Hitler-Youth-Ratzinger, Vatican II has been relegated to the dustbin of history. And that is a shame, because it will mean the death, albeit slow, of the Church. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing I leave to others to decide.

You can't fight City Hall, they say, and you can't fight history. Progress, sooner or later, will happen. The Church can embrace it or be crushed to dust by it.

Bake

[TheKentuckian]

20. I always thought that the Inquisition would have been the last nail in that coffin.

I'd go way before that but mileage varies.

[yellowcanine]

9. The Pope is going to get medieval on their hineys.

"So dont be vain and don't be whiny, or else my brother I may have to get medieval on your hiney!" Weird Al Yankovic in Amish Paradise.

[Bake]

11. Right now they're stuck in vain and whiny!

LOL!



Bake

[AngryOldDem]

5. ...and the Church's march toward total irrelevance continues.

I don't think it's hyperbole to say that nuns are actually doing the work on Earth that Christ commanded, and that they are closer to actually living the Gospels and the true tenets of the Catholic Church than any fat-assed, ermine-clad bureaucrat currently vegitating at the Vatican.

The nuns just need to split from the Church. A schism, if you will. This is nothing more than an increasingly irrelevant Church throwing around its increasingly irrelevant weight to put these "uppity women" in their place. Forget the bullshit about upholding Church teachings -- I don't think these men would know authentic Church teaching if it smacked them in the face.

And they wonder why people are leaving in droves, and why they're finding it harder to find an audience. Pretty soon all that will be left of the Church will be the aforesaid fat-assed, ermine-clad bureaucrats -- defiinitely not what Christ intended. Meanwhile, there is a lot of work to be done in terms of feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and working toward social justice, so let the nuns continue their work free from Vatican meddling.

I have known many women religious in my life, as well as many priests. I'll take the religious any day of the week.

[Bake]

12. And that's true of the Christian church in general, as well.

The women get it. The men simply want to preserve their power.

The women just need to slap some sense into the men, one way or another. And I'm a man--who has had sense slapped into him on more than one occasion.

Bake

[Arugula Latte]

14. This pope might go down as one of the worst in "modern" times, and that is saying something.

Although, for the Vatican, "modern times" don't really exist.

[jberryhill]

15. I'm shocked to learn that the RC church is a hierarchical organization with defined doctrines

I can't for the life of me figure out how it is some kind of sudden discovery that a religious organization with a defined set of beliefs and rules might actually enforce them.

[queenjane]

16. Exactly! Why willingly choose to belong to this organization?

I've a friend who's Catholic, who hates everything the church teaches & stands for, yet refuses to leave because, and I quote, "it's MY church". No honey, it isn't now and never was "your" church, because you are female, you're liberal, you're a sentient being who thinks for herself. And as long as your money's in the plate and your ass is in the pew, you're aiding and abetting everything you claim to despise.

Seriously, why continue to beat your head against the 12th-century wall???

[jberryhill]

17. "Man Kicked Off DU For Advocating Election Of Romney"

[TheKentuckian]

21. LOLZ