The tone of your posts is increasingly antagonistic. I am not sure why. I have no problem with what you believe.
But you treat it as if it is merely personal belief, rather than the teaching or position of the Church.
So your opinion is that a number of sisters of a reputable convent are “less than faithful?” Well that comes as no suprise, since I’ve seen many a religious congregation bashed her by the “right” kind of Catholics. In any case, I was not a Protestant at the time, but a RC and in discernment for that particular house. I was actually accepted into the Dominican order before I realized that I was not called to this particular service within the Church.
To relate the pronouncement of a Bishop that way is no sign of faithfulness. And once again it’s not just “here.” The Catholics in this forum did not make the determination that a review of the orders in the US (I do hope they make a side trip to Canada, too) was needed. The Curia did.
It is deeply sad that so many Catholics here like to categorize their fellow Catholics as either real or not, or faithful or not. I have not seen this from other denominations and I am sad to see people so divide against their own fellow Catholics.
You won’t see it from a majority of the denominations, and certainly not the liberal / revisionist ones, simply because there is neither a standard, nor an authority to apply the standard, when it comes to determining that to which one is called to be faithful. And no one doubts that they are for real. But they were clearly not exhibiting faithfulness.
As you point out, the small truly faithful remnant of the RCC also has no great liking for many of not most of the Catholic schools of higher education nor to the many brilliant scholars it produces. All wrong headed and thinking as I understand it.
Perhaps some day you will be lucky enough to have the purity you desire.
Oh, it’s not nearly as small as you might think. On the other hand, Catholics who are no doubt more to your liking form a fraction of a percent of Catholics in North America. Voice of the (un)Faithful once tried to get a big number of signatures on a petition. They got 10% of their goal, and extended the campaign for a further year. In the end, they got less than a hundredth of a percent of Catholics to sign up, and a small fraction of even their goal. In fact, recently, they came close to going bankrupt.
Oh, and before you suggest the problems with that outfit are my mere personal opinions, you might consider that various Diocesan Bishops have stated that to join the outfit in their Sees, where the cells are most disobediant, will result in excommunication.
Brilliant scholars, fine. Authoritative teachers, not. Many have the Mandatum, and can be relied upon. The ones who scorn it, not so much. And in the end, there’s not much worry. The Philosophy departments are very, very solid.
Your slams at Protestants at not having the intelligence to judge the legitimacy of RC religious orders is stunning. But as I said, your entire post is uncharitable and rude.
I personally don’t care if you believe what I said of course. Why would I? Actually, disbelief on the part of some here is more insurance that one is indeed still sane.
Blessings to you as well.
What is stunned is judging Catholic orders by Protestant standards. Some Catholics will roll over for that. This one won’t.
Blessings,
Gerry
