Gays banned from priesthood

[oat_soda]

I salute the Pope for trying, but ultimately, like I said, this document doesn’t mean a whole lot.

besides the pope firing 80% of all the bishops, we will suffer until the church is renewed. even if the document was clear, the bishops would ignore it anyways like they have been doing for the last 50 years. the problem is totally with the bishops.

 

[Brad]

netmil(name removed by moderator):

I think all of it depends on what the USCCB does with it.
(Check out the FReeper thread, they are geeked about the whole thing)

The USCCB has no authority over the seminaries except what the local Bishop allows them to have. What matter is how Bishops listen and obey their Holy Father.

 

[Brad]

oat soda:

besides the pope firing 80% of all the bishops, we will suffer until the church is renewed. even if the document was clear, the bishops would ignore it anyways like they have been doing for the last 50 years. the problem is totally with the bishops.

The laity can be a big part of helping to change that problem. In this sense, the document is a very big help.

 

[Brad]

fix:

I do agree that, as always, how the folks in charge decide to interpret it is the problem.

We must pray that they awaken to reality and conclude that, in fact, they are not in charge.

 

[netmilsmom]

Brad:

The USCCB has no authority over the seminaries except what the local Bishop allows them to have. What matter is how Bishops listen and obey their Holy Father.

I guess I phrased it wrong.
Not the USCCB as a whole but what each Bishop in the USCCB does.

We are in full agreement.

 

[contemplative]

contemplative:

Actually …It is as clear as daylight that the Vatican supports the possibility of homosexual priests and bishops.
Seems like the situation is status quo.
What we can only hope for now is that the private seminary reviews will reap positive results by squelching the overwhelming gay lifestyle and agenda…and that we won’t be certain of for awhile…maybe a whole generation or two. The gay agenda is very subversive.
I wish the Church would yank everything out and lay it on the table for all to see. Now I think that would shock the living daylights out of us.
We had a taste of this with the recent sex scandal. No one had to yank much…it just sort of suddenly oozed out in all it’s foul stench.

I apolgize for sounding so harsh. Unfortunately, I tend to prefer the absolute in everything…I must constantly remind myself that is not how life is…margin…margin…margin. I must remember margin.