A group critical of the Lincoln Diocese for being the only one in the nation not to participate in a sex abuse survey said it was turned away Monday when it tried to hand-deliver petitions to bishops from across the country.
The USCCB is a sitting target for all sorts of grief when e're they gather. Call to Action, having been previously rebuffed and embarassed in their quest to shame Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz, are trying to push their 'prophetic' agenda using some fairly underhanded tactics:
The Catholic reformist group Call to Action instead planned to use a person not known as a member of the group to sneak roughly 1,000 petitions into the hotel where the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was meeting in Baltimore, said a member of the group.
Classy, guys, really classy. Next time, try it without the Groucho Marx disguise. While their battlecry is "Save the Children", Call To Action was excommunicated SIX YEARS before the abuse scandal hit. In reality, they're still hacked off that they got excommunicated, and most people know it:
Monsignor Timothy Thorburn of Lincoln said in statement that Call to Action is “venting its ire” at the bishop for his decision to “not allow the group to operate in the Diocese of Lincoln because of its anti-Catholic doctrines.”
Failing to whip up further scorn from other bishops, Call to Action proceeds to further advertise the root of their misunderstanding of the Church:
“It’s a disappointment ... because Bishop Bruskewitz has just thumbed his nose” at the policies from the bishops’ conference, said Gordon Peterson, Call To Action Member. “The position he takes is he’s only answerable to the pope.”
Well, Gordon, I hate to break it to you, but the bishop is right. The sad part is, Bishop Bruskewitz knows that he answers to the Pope, while too many catholics, like Mr. Peterson, think that they don't.
The model church of Call To Action makes the bishops obedient to the people, and the people obedient only to their 'conscience', however well or ill formed it may be.
2 comments:
Sir,
If someone wants to be an Episcopalean or an Anglican then they should just start attending a church that announces itself as part of the Anglican Communion instead of trying to change the Catholic Church into the Anglican Church.
You name it and you can likely find a Protestant denomination that professes it.
On the other hand we Catholics have a hierarchy with a teaching and sacraments (not necessarily in that order) that we embrace by our own consent. The Anglicans, however, like changing things up with a vote.
We Catholics show our embrace of the teachings of the Church when we proclaim, "Amen" upon display for receipt of the Holy Eucharist at Mass. Why do people think that it is also called Holy Communion?
What changes you may ask? Celibate priesthood, real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, ordination of men, call to chastity, purity and continence to ALL. Go check the Cathecism at the Vatican website for more info.
I added you to my favorites. Keep up the good work!
I'm with you, anon, which is why I blogged about it to begin with. Thanks for dropping by, and don't be a stranger.
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