Does Fr. James Martin want priestesses?

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Well, if you read the comments on his post, most everyone assumes he does, whether they agree or not. For some reason, he won’t state his view on this nun’s dissent directly.
 
Perhaps he wishes to promote it as a discussion topic without stating his personal preference at this time. He’ll let the sister fight the battle of women priests while he continues his bridge-building activities on the gay front.

Perhaps his next book will be all about considering female priests.

In any event, he seems to have accomplished his usual goal of getting a lot of attention drawn to the issue.
 
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Fr. Martin, if nothing else, is a master of flirting with boundaries and drawing attention to himself. I’m not ready to call for his defrocking but at times it does get tiresome.
 
I don’t know whether or not a schism will occur over these issues. I guess it depends on whether or not priestesses and / or same sex Catholic Church “marriage” become official Church teachings. If either or both do, I think schism is inevitable.
I’d like to believe such developments are impossible. But if so, why are priests and religious being allowed to advocate for them?
 
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Various religious sisters have been calling for this on and off since I was a child, and we haven’t schismed yet, unless you count the splinter groups here and there that don’t draw very big numbers of Catholics. At this point, unless we have a WWIII that kills off 80 percent of the male population, I’m inclined to just ignore it when some sister decides for the umpteenth time to harp on women priests.

It would be good to realize that people can have the occasional way-out idea in the Church without everything resulting in a schism. There have already been so many schisms and breakaways that there are about 1000 different Protestant churches to join, plus Orthodox, and those who wish to part ways with the Church over some issue are more likely to just go find another more compatible existing church than go through the hassle of schisming. I would guess that those who want women priests really bad will just join the Episcopal Church.

As for why priests and religious are allowed to discuss or even advocate for controversial things, this stuff is mild compared to the stuff they were “allowed to do” in the 70s and 80s.
 
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Well they’d certainly find a home in TEC. Why stay, and ceaselessly agitate?
 
Why should he? He is posting a news story, on his Facebook page (which, if you don’t like him, why are you trolling his page). Last I checked there is no law, Church or otherwise, that says the issue cannot be discussed ever again.

The Church has spoken on the issue, but that does not mean that others can bring it up again in discussion.

Fr. Martin is a priest in good-standing with his order and the Church. If you don’t like him, that is fine, but the constant harassment of the man on this forum has to be against the rules.
 
“Trolling,” lol.
Martin’s page is public. He has many commenters every time he posts something. Especially something controversial, like a link to an article by a dissenting religious sister.
And, disagreement equals “harrassment?” Since when?
 
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nd, disagreement equals “harrassment?” Since when?
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What do you call this?
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James Martin is a prime example of just one of the many problems facing the church today. It seems as though he’s been left to operate on his own, completely independent of the Church and left to spread whatever errors he sees fit.
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I will say it again, he is a priest in good standing with the Society of Jesus and the larger Church. You don’t have to like him, or agree with him on anything, but he still deserves the respect that is due to the clergy.
 
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One can disagree with him without saying he is a “prime example” of what is wrong with the Church.

I disagree with many of your posts, but I don’t tell you that you are a “big part of what is wrong with the Church.”

It’s common sense and Christian charity. Two things which seem to be very lacking in the forums lately.
 
You didn’t, you just started the thread then all the FR. Martin haters jumped on the bandwagon.

I actually quoted the person who said it, so what is your problem?
 
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Thanks for sharin’-y’all have yourself a nice little ol’ day now! 😊
 
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One can disagree with him without saying he is a “prime example” of what is wrong with the Church.

I disagree with many of your posts, but I don’t tell you that you are a “big part of what is wrong with the Church.”

It’s common sense and Christian charity. Two things which seem to be very lacking in the forums lately.
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I’m not attacking James Martin as a person, I’m sure in any other capacity he’d be a fine human being. However, as a priest, he does not uphold the teachings of the Catholic Church. When I say he’s a prime example of what is wrong with the church, it’s to illustrate that he’s been allowed to continue pushing his personal beliefs as if they are officially endorsed by the Church, without any correction or oversight from anyone within the USCCB.

I see this as a problem, especially if those within our Church are being discouraged from openly speaking out against James Martin. What message does that send to the laity?
 
His page followers take it and run with it. Anyone who correctly states Church teaching on the priesthood is labeled a misogynist or worse. He never corrects them.
 
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