Catholic church excommunicates Brazil priest for liberal views

[quiet52]

Originally Posted by larsont7
…Wish they’d do some housecleaning in the US as well…

Amen to that.

But our bishops don’t seem to have the will to hold our clergy accountable.

I wish they would realize how sad and painful it is for us lay people to helplessly have to listen to the distortions and dissent we hear from the clergy, during homilies, retreats and talks, Confession, or private discussions. The hardest thing is to witness our fellow Catholics believing them.

 

[jwinch2]

Secular media never seems to get excommunication correct. It is not “expulsion from the Church” as they stated. He has apparently had his faculties to serve as a priest removed and cannot receive Holy Communion until he amends his way of thinking and shows contrition for his actions and probably until he receives the Sacrament of Confession. However, he is still Catholic, and still a priest.

 

[livingwordunity]

The 2nd half of the “story” is pure commentary. Reuters highlighting it’s desire for a “more modern Church”.

Again.

:nope:

Typical of them.

 

[Ender]

Too little attention has been given to the nature of the article, which referred to the priest’s positions as “liberal” and “progressive” even as the church identified them as heretical and schismatic. We should at least be clear as to the intent of the author: this is a piece of advocacy journalism. Reuters is pushing for the acceptance of the opinions the priest expressed, finding them among the “shifting views” that are “increasingly common in Latin America” and suggested that Francis, although he is a “traditionalist” on social issues might “do more than his predecessors to modernize Catholicism.”

This is why the priest’s opinions are categorized as liberal rather than heretical; it is more likely to garner them support from the casual Catholic.

Ender

 

[livingwordunity]

Too little attention has been given to the nature of the article, which referred to the priest’s positions as “liberal” and “progressive” even as the church identified them as heretical and schismatic. We should at least be clear as to the intent of the author: this is a piece of advocacy journalism. Reuters is pushing for the acceptance of the opinions the priest expressed, finding them among the “shifting views” that are “increasingly common in Latin America” and suggested that Francis, although he is a “traditionalist” on social issues might “do more than his predecessors to modernize Catholicism.”

This is why the priest’s opinions are categorized as liberal rather than heretical; it is more likely to garner them support from the casual Catholic.

Ender

I don’t know what to rate the thread since the article itself is poorly written, but the action taken by the Church was good. And since I already made a choice to rate it, it doesn’t let me undo my rating.