Pittsburgh-area bishop punishing nuns who supported health care reform

[babylonsister]

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10106/1050840-59.stm

Greensburg bishop, sisters at odds over health bill
Friday, April 16, 2010
By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



Bishop Lawrence Brandt of the Catholic Diocese of Greensburg has declared that religious sisters from communities whose leaders endorsed the final version of the national health care reform bill can no longer promote their recruitment events in his parishes or in the diocesan newspaper.

"He has the right to disapprove a request from a religious community that wants to host a recruitment event when that community has taken a public stance in opposition to the Church's teaching on human life," said diocesan spokesman Jerry Zufelt.

"Furthermore an environment of dissent and public opposition to the positions of the U.S. Catholic bishops does not provide an appropriate seedbed for vocations."

But the sisters say they support church teaching on abortion, and disagreed only with the bishops' analysis of how the bill would affect abortion coverage.

"Based on our prayerful discernment and careful research with other Catholic-based groups and agencies advocating for comprehensive health care reform, we believe that the bill indicated that there will be no public funding for abortions and that it would not violate doctrinal and moral teachings of the Church," said Sister Mary Pellegrino, moderator of the leadership team of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Baden. With the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in Greensburg, hers is one of two local communities whose leaders signed a March 17 statement drafted by the Catholic social justice lobby Network.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Punishing the nuns is punishing The Church.

What a jerk.

[roguevalley]

15. one of the biggest untold stories in the Church is sexual abuse of

nuns and religious by priests. Some parishes don't have one nun that isn't pregnant. There also was a story about a Bishop who got a young nun pregnant, she died giving birth and the bastard officiated at her funeral mass. the study came out about three years ago.

[demosincebirth]

2. This is troubling. They are the ones in the trenches.

[GodlessBiker]

3. The equivalent of men telling women to stay in the kitchen.

[HereSince1628]

4. First they ignore you, then they mock you, then they persecute you, then

YOU WIN

Catholic celibate priesthood = Epic Fail.*
























* see Luther, M. "Ninety-nine theses"

[dorkulon]

5. When can we start taxing these people?

They are clearly advocating political positions and, gee, we ought to get something for the innocence of our children after all.

[Mojeoux]

14. In Obama's second administration

When Kennedy ran, the Nixon people went bonkers about separation of church and state.

[NJmaverick]

6. They won't punish child molesters but nuns that speak their mind is a different story

:puke:

[MadMaddie]

10. Exactly!

Well I hope with this move the Catholic church loses more members.

[Heywood J]

7. Congratulations, Bishop.

Taking a bit of time off from your child-diddling (or concealing the child-diddling) to turn on the nuns?

[laughingliberal]

8. It is so time to do something about that authoritarian, patriarchal pile they call a church. nt

[Walk away]

9. Another good reason to leave this crazy church.

There are plenty of other churches to attend that aren't abusing children, treating women like shit and aiding and abetting rapists. Every catholic needs to take a good look at what they are promoting by affiliation with this terrible organization.

[Zoroastor]

11. R'minds me of Fl. Doc who wouldn't treat Obama supporters

Sign on his door read:
“If you voted for Obama … seek urologic care elsewhere. Changes to your health care begin right now, not in four years.”



http://cons-lie.com/2010/04/03/florida-urologist-refused-to-treat-anyone-who-voted-for-obama/

[WVRICK13]

12. Rule Number One For All Cults

Tow the line or else.

[bridgit]

13. Opus Don't! You're making fools of yourselves

[blogslut]

16. That reminds me

I need to get this book:

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

I've seen the play that is based on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devils_(play)

The play was a hell of a thing