Sister Teresa Forcades: Europe's most radical nun

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bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24079227
Her 10-point programme, drawn up with economist Arcadi Oliveres, calls for:
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• A government takeover of all banks and measures to curb financial speculation
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• An end to job cuts, fairer wages and pensions, shorter working hours and payments to parents who stay at home
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• Genuine “participatory democracy” and steps to curb political corruption
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• Decent housing for all, and an end to all foreclosures
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• A reversal of public spending cuts, and renationalisation of all public services
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• An individual’s right to control their own body, including a woman’s right to decide over abortion
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• “Green” economic policies and the nationalisation of energy companies
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• An end to xenophobia and repeal of immigration laws
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• Placing public media under democratic control, including the internet
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• International “solidarity”, leaving Nato, and the abolition of armed forces in a future free Catalonia
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Very sad. 😦
 
saintjohnxxiii said:
bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24079227

Very sad. 😦
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Don’t believe everything the BBC says. I always suspect they have their own agenda. If you think I’m being unkind to a foreign news service with a reputation for impartiality have a look where I’m from.

They (the BBC) often present one sided accounts of stories with no right of response for an opposing point of view. This is quite common on issues like abortion, with a lot of airtime given to the Planned Parenthood Foundation and little to Life or SPUC.

I wouldn’t necessarily say that the report is factually incorrect - I don’t know one way or the other - but I’ve enough experience of the Corporation to take its pronouncements with a pinch of salt.
 
Looked a bit further because I don’t trust the BBC either as they are biased and extremely anti-Catholic.
Everyone loves a good story about a radical nun or priest who protests against a group or organization doing something against church teaching. Sister Teresa Forcades from the Spanish left, however, is getting mixed reviews. The BBC reported on the sister’s love of religion and her political involvement, praising her as a “star” and a “unique political figure.” The Catholic Church, on the other hand, does not approve of some of her views, including her opinion that an individual has a right to control their own body, even a woman’s right to decide over abortion. Sister Forcades’ ten-point manifesto on how to change the Spanish government can be seen here.
Source: uscatholic.org/blog/201309/weekly-round-27881
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I pray that Pope Francis will offer her counseling and that she repents of her sins.

I will stop before I start ranting about weeds in the Church and spend some time praying for her salvation.
 
This lady is intriguing! I admire her stand for economic justice.
 
LiberalPrincess said:
This lady is intriguing! I admire her stand for economic justice.
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Cool, however, this doesn’t come anywhere near making up for–and I hesitate to write that because it is not possible to make up for–her lying with wolves about abotion.
 
YoungTradCath said:
Cool, however, this doesn’t come anywhere near making up for–and I hesitate to write that because it is not possible to make up for–her lying with wolves about abotion.
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I agree. Although Sister Teresa Forcades has many fascinating ideas that should be seriously discussed and carried out when possible (I agree with most of the points of her program, by the way), an individual’s body does not belong to the individual: it belongs to God. Sister Teresa, as a religious, should know that. :mad: Therefore women do not have the right to have an abortion. If only she had omitted that clause from her program! I think she could have gained as many followers without the bodily-autonomy-including-abortion-rights clause.

Also, do you think that her quasi-political role might be too partisan for a religious to properly undertake? :confused:
 
Diamantina said:
I agree. Although Sister Teresa Forcades has many fascinating ideas that should be seriously discussed and carried out when possible (I agree with most of the points of her program, by the way), an individual’s body does not belong to the individual: it belongs to God. Sister Teresa, as a religious, should know that. :mad: Therefore women do not have the right to have an abortion. If only she had omitted that clause from her program! I think she could have gained as many followers without the bodily-autonomy-including-abortion-rights clause.

Also, do you think that her quasi-political role might be too partisan for a religious to properly undertake? :confused:
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Once “public media” were put under “democratic control - including the Internet,” your right to disagree with her here, or anywhere else, would no longer exist - as might CAF, as “democratic control” is a mere euphemism for the worst kind of Orwellian speech police and thought control. Sadly, we’re fairly far down that road already, but who would want to cede what’s left of our freedom of expression?
 
She dresses like a nun which is becoming very rare these days. Listening to her she comes across as very educated. It’s a pity she wastes all of her energy proclaiming one thing after another which is at complete odds with the Church…she has my prayers.

Peace, Mark
 
Mark121359 said:
She dresses like a nun which is becoming very rare these days. Listening to her she comes across as very educated. It’s a pity she wastes all of her energy proclaiming one thing after another which is at complete odds with the Church…she has my prayers.

Peace, Mark
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I agree. Other than her comments on immigration and war, she is very non-Catholic in her approach.
 
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