katherine2:
You accuse a priest of God of dissent from the teachings of the Church and you are unable to cite as evidence even one dissenting word of the man.
Instead you print one line of what was written about him by another person you cowardly do not even name.
I find that all shameful.
I had to look long and hard for that quote from which I was basing MY belief that he is for women priests. Actually, I already had that belief because you only have to check out the women’s ordination sites to know that he is their hero but I found the quote anyway. I could kick myself for not bookmarking it because now I have more work to do! Argh! Despite the fact that I have yet to find the original, here’s some more that should shock you.
How about this one from
cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_omalley/20040427.html
Asked why the Catholic Church does not allow the ordination of women, Greeley says, "The argument is: because they have never been priests.
If you make women priests you’re going to have to share power, and change the way you do business. It’s terribly unjust."
Let’s look at some of his commentaries on his famous study. Here’s the very first line from this study found at
we-are-church.org/imwac/resources/documents/Greeley_survey-1997.htm
The Catholic laity hopes for a new pope who will be attentive to the realities of their lives and open to change. He should achieve these goals by giving autonomy to the local bishops, appointing lay advisors, returning to the practice of electing local bishops, ordaining women, and allowing priests to marry. If enacted, these reforms will make the church a more pluralistic and democratic institution.
After reading these commentaries, I’m not sure what you could possibly gather from them other than the Church should be a bottom up Church and that doctrines can change.
Here’s a challenge for you. Can you show me where Fr. Greeley has once said that the ordination of women goes against the Deposit of Faith. Let’s see, he says that it would involve a doctrinal change but he never bothers to say that this can’t happen. He spends an awful lot of time saying that they laity at large wants this but never bothers to explain the Church’s teachings on the matter.
Fr. Greeley is very careful which is why he hasn’t been silenced. If you want to get mad at somebody who doesn’t cite their sources, how about him? Here’s an interesting interview that tells a lot about Fr. Greeley.
pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week536/agreeley.html
It’s quite interesting that he thinks that women have been treated unfairly in the Church but doesn’t give examples. This is typical of him. And I love this quote:
And how fundamental are these teachings? What’s more important? Life after death or birth control? What is more important? God’s forgiving love or premarital sex? The sexual ethic is important, but it’s not the only thing in Catholicism. I’m afraid sometimes our leaders – and the media, too – have made it sound as if the only unique thing about Catholicism is sexual teaching. The lay people know better
There’s so much more to quote from. Read the article. He’s clueless.
As for his books, I’ve got to wonder which ones your daughter has read or which bible she’s reading! They are terribly explicit and are definitely a near occaision of sin.
I’m sure I’m running out of space here. I’ll post more Greeley quotes when I get a chance.
