If Only the American Laity Were Better Catholics
One result of the widespread exposure this year of the criminal acts of sexual abuse in the Roman priesthood has been the rise of new "lay" movements within the Catholic Church. However, the Roman clergy will NOT tolerate the "laity" telling them what to do!!
In Rome on November 4, Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon gave a speech chock full of ideas for priests to employ against the laity in order to distract them from doing things like protecting their children, or holding their priests accountable. This was reported in the November 4 issue of the Catholic 'Zenit News Agency,' in an article titled, "Mary Ann Glendon on the Reform of Lay Catholics: Where They Took a Wrong Turn - and Where There's Hope."
A few of Mrs. Glendon's suggestions priests could use against the American laity were:
1. They are not reading enough Church documents!! She laments that more Catholics have not read the pope's 1999 letter 'Ecclesia in America.' (By the way, this letter was given by the pope in Mexico City. If the pope was honest he would have called it 'Ecclesia in Mexico.')
2. They are not working hard enough to change the culture!! Like any good Catholic, Mrs. Glendon does not blame her priests for their despicable acts, but American "culture." She said, "If the Church is to evangelize the culture, the laity are the ones who are going to have to take the lead." This is the best of both worlds for the priests - they can sit snug and secure in their rectories and run the Church, while the laity are the ones who have to go out into the world and "evangelize." AND - the priests can always blame the laity for not changing the "culture." I would call this a "win-win" for the priests, and a "lose-lose" for Catholic children.
3. Why can't they be more like the Catholics in Latin America?? She said, "Another potential source of renewal for the Catholic Church in the United States is represented by the influx of Catholics from Central and South America and the Caribbean." She says that while American Catholics were forming new lay organizations, "Boston's Latino Catholics were holding prayer vigils." It's easy to see who Mrs. Glendon and her Church think the GOOD Catholics are.
May God protect Catholic children from their wicked priesthood, and may He protect the United States of America from the Roman Catholic Church.
In Rome on November 4, Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon gave a speech chock full of ideas for priests to employ against the laity in order to distract them from doing things like protecting their children, or holding their priests accountable. This was reported in the November 4 issue of the Catholic 'Zenit News Agency,' in an article titled, "Mary Ann Glendon on the Reform of Lay Catholics: Where They Took a Wrong Turn - and Where There's Hope."
A few of Mrs. Glendon's suggestions priests could use against the American laity were:
1. They are not reading enough Church documents!! She laments that more Catholics have not read the pope's 1999 letter 'Ecclesia in America.' (By the way, this letter was given by the pope in Mexico City. If the pope was honest he would have called it 'Ecclesia in Mexico.')
2. They are not working hard enough to change the culture!! Like any good Catholic, Mrs. Glendon does not blame her priests for their despicable acts, but American "culture." She said, "If the Church is to evangelize the culture, the laity are the ones who are going to have to take the lead." This is the best of both worlds for the priests - they can sit snug and secure in their rectories and run the Church, while the laity are the ones who have to go out into the world and "evangelize." AND - the priests can always blame the laity for not changing the "culture." I would call this a "win-win" for the priests, and a "lose-lose" for Catholic children.
3. Why can't they be more like the Catholics in Latin America?? She said, "Another potential source of renewal for the Catholic Church in the United States is represented by the influx of Catholics from Central and South America and the Caribbean." She says that while American Catholics were forming new lay organizations, "Boston's Latino Catholics were holding prayer vigils." It's easy to see who Mrs. Glendon and her Church think the GOOD Catholics are.
May God protect Catholic children from their wicked priesthood, and may He protect the United States of America from the Roman Catholic Church.
posted by Robt. B. at 7:07 PM
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