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Crackdown ordered on American nuns

More and more I have to wonder:
Is the Vatican trying to drive people away from Catholicism?
Their PR guy is either an idiot or an atheist.
 
X said:
More and more I have to wonder:
Is the Vatican trying to drive people away from Catholicism?
Their PR guy is either an idiot or an atheist.
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It's like a celebrity firing their fan club because they don't hate everyone else enough.
 
The average age of a nun in the US is 70. They probably think gay marriage is happy marriage and why would anyone be against that?
 
This is a positive development. When a pedophile-enabling, anti-woman, anti-gay, anti-independent thinking cult is plagued by infighting, this can only be a good thing for society. Unfortunately, it appears that protestant Christianity stands to gain the most from the Catholic Church's continued meltdown, rather than atheists and freethinkers.

In my opinion.
 
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When will American Catholics finally break away from the Vatican? They don't need the Pope, and they pretty much ignore him already.
 
I know some Sisters of St. Joseph here in the U.S. I attended a funeral mass for a Sister's relative at their chapel two weeks ago.

Every single one of them will silently tell the Vatican to go **** itself. Then confess it and be absolved.

Respectfully,
Myriad
 
catsmate1 said:
There are distressing signs of independent thought, these need to be quashed.

Why recently some Seattle PP's declined to use their pulpits and churches to gather signature for a (church endorsed) referendum to overturn the Washington state marriage equality law, including in the archdiocesan cathedral.....................
Phrases like "he couldn’t in good conscience allow signature gathering" were used.
Archbishop Sartrain was not amused. :rolleyes:
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Seems like they could lose their tax exemption by doing that.
 
The best thread title ever. The actual content was a little disappointing, as my imagination went riot over the title.


Oh, and if you don't play the game, you can chuff right off, chap(ess), when it comes to making the rules.
 
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So the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith is going to carry out this crackdown? Why don't they revert to their previous name too? It seems the old times of the Inquisition are back. :)
 
my father was a nun, on my birth certificate where it says "fathers occupation" he wrote nun
he also was barely literate
:D
I don't think he was an American, though he did talk a load of crap and shout yeeehaa during war movies
:p
ddt said:
It seems the old times of the Inquisition are back. :)
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finally a chance at some real power
MBWAHAHAwahahaha
:degrin:

ddt said:
It seems the old times of the Inquisition are back. :)
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no one expects the inquisition
:D
 
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Marduk said:
my father was a nun, on my birth certificate where it says "fathers occupation" he wrote nun
he also was barely literate
:D
I don't think he was an American, though he did talk a load of crap and shout yeeehaa during war movies
:p


finally a chance at some real power
MBWAHAHAwahahaha
:degrin:


no one expects the inquisition
:D
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So what implement do you bring along for torturing? I suggest the comfy chair. ;)
 
catsmate1 said:
Social activism isn't uncommon among the female religious, e.g. Sr. Stan, along with charitable work. It seems the Vatican, or at least the former rotweiller of orthodoxy, feels their efforts should be better focussed on opposing access to legal abortion, opposing marriage equality et cetera.
The support of LCWR and Network for US health care reform was particularly annoying to the hierarchy.
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[invitation to American nuns] Ladies, may I interest you in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America? It's very much like what V2 was headed for, with the added bonus of not having a pope. I mean, it has a Presiding Bishop, but how scary can he be when he dropped by our church picnic one year? (I think he was driving an Olds, not a Popemobile.) You can become pastors and bishops and get married and even be married to other ladies. Do you want to be community activists? They welcome and encourage it.
 
dropzone said:
[invitation to American nuns] Ladies, may I interest you in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America? It's very much like what V2 was headed for, with the added bonus of not having a pope. I mean, it has a Presiding Bishop, but how scary can he be when he dropped by our church picnic one year? (I think he was driving an Olds, not a Popemobile.) You can become pastors and bishops and get married and even be married to other ladies. Do you want to be community activists? They welcome and encourage it.
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How are they on Transubstantiation?
 
Mister Agenda said:
When will American Catholics finally break away from the Vatican? They don't need the Pope, and they pretty much ignore him already.
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Agreed. Rome having issues with the American branches is nothing new. I loved the survey brought up during the RCC vs ACA kerfuffle that 98% of Catholic women (in the US) have used birth control.

In the US, at least, the hierarchy is a very poor representative of the laity. Pretty much the only American Catholic that I know of, who actually seems to agree with the hierarchy just dropped out of the Republican primary race.
 
ddt said:
So what implement do you bring along for torturing? I suggest the comfy chair. ;)
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I, like the real inquistion aren't limited to an implement, I have a whole room filled with them
guess what I call the room
:D

cwalner said:
Pretty much the only American Catholic that I know of, who actually seems to agree with the hierarchy just dropped out of the Republican primary race.
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I hear theres maybe a few more south of the Mexican border
:p
 
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I hear that the Vatican also wants to crack down on nuns in Canada. They're starting a long nun registry.
 
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