Gloria.TV News on the 30th of September 2016 Injustice: Mauro Visigalli, an attorney on the Roman Rota, mentioned in an article the case of a 95-year-old American priest who is prohibited from serving …More
Gloria.TV News on the 30th of September 2016
Injustice: Mauro Visigalli, an attorney on the Roman Rota, mentioned in an article the case of a 95-year-old American priest who is prohibited from serving based on – quotation marks - “credible” facts of an incident that happened 60 years before. Visigalli asks: “How could someone defend himself against such old charges?" And: "Is the 'presumption of innocence' a mere option, or has it been replaced in these cases with a 'presumption of guilt'?”
Bogus Accusations: Father Freddie Byrd, a priest of the diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky, has been reinstated to ministry after a diocesan review board determined there was no evidence to support charges that he had engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with a minor in 1983, at a time when he was not yet ordained. The authorities were alerted but they did not even conduct an investigation.
Disaster: Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council the Church has lost almost 40% of the male and almost 45…More
Injustice: Mauro Visigalli, an attorney on the Roman Rota, mentioned in an article the case of a 95-year-old American priest who is prohibited from serving based on – quotation marks - “credible” facts of an incident that happened 60 years before. Visigalli asks: “How could someone defend himself against such old charges?" And: "Is the 'presumption of innocence' a mere option, or has it been replaced in these cases with a 'presumption of guilt'?”
Bogus Accusations: Father Freddie Byrd, a priest of the diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky, has been reinstated to ministry after a diocesan review board determined there was no evidence to support charges that he had engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with a minor in 1983, at a time when he was not yet ordained. The authorities were alerted but they did not even conduct an investigation.
Disaster: Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council the Church has lost almost 40% of the male and almost 45…More
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The rigorist position of Fr. Feeney (that all must be actual members of the Catholic Church to be saved - EENS) has been condemned by the Magisterium. It is ironic that precisely those who know their obligation to remain united to the Magisterium, and thus on whom this doctrine is morally binding, keep themselves from union with the Roman See on this point.
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The rigorist position of Fr. Feeney (that all must be actual members of the Catholic Church to be saved - EENS) has been condemned by the Magisterium. It is ironic that precisely those who know their obligation to remain united to the Magisterium, and thus on whom this doctrine is morally binding, keep themselves from union with the Roman See on this point.
Answered by Colin B. Donovan, STL. Colin B. Donovan, STL is Vice President for Theology at EWTN. A layman, he has the Licentiate in Sacred Theology, with a specialization in moral theology, from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome.
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Here are the six issues that are impacting the status of the Catholic Church in the world today.
Sexual scandal - The situation has reached epic proportions as more and more charges are being logged against priests, bishops, cardinals, and more. The most disgraceful aspect of this sordid side of the church is the cover-up.
Celibacy – The question is being asked - Is the church, by mandating celibacy, in effect, encouraging aberrant behavior such as pedophilia and physical contact of priests with men and women?
Birth control - Why wouldn’t the church allow safe and effective methods to control the size of families (and population)? Why would the church object to birth control in the prevention of disease including AIDS and STDs.
Homosexuality - As developed nations increase the tolerance for alternative lifestyles, the church remains adamantly against same sex marriages.
Female priests - The church has resisted the ordination of female priests. Most other religions have already begun to accept women.
Premarital sex - This restriction may be the most glaring example of how far behind the times the church really is.
The above points are the very serious issues affecting the Catholic Church today throughout the entire world. EENS (extra Ecclesiam nulla salus - "outside the Church there is no salvation") is nowhere even close to the importance, relevance and timeliness of the above issues. Indeed, the EENS rigorist position has been condemned by the Magisterium and its adherence by a small group of radicals can lead to not only their own perdition but additionally the perdition of others who these radicals induce with their falsehoods.
Why in the world then would someone be so consumed with EENS as to post about such an irrelevant and morally dangerous topic (one that so very few Catholics care about) each and every day?
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Answered by Colin B. Donovan, STL. Colin B. Donovan, STL is Vice President for Theology at EWTN. A layman, he has the Licentiate in Sacred Theology, with a specialization in moral theology, from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome.
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Here are the six issues that are impacting the status of the Catholic Church in the world today.
Sexual scandal - The situation has reached epic proportions as more and more charges are being logged against priests, bishops, cardinals, and more. The most disgraceful aspect of this sordid side of the church is the cover-up.
Celibacy – The question is being asked - Is the church, by mandating celibacy, in effect, encouraging aberrant behavior such as pedophilia and physical contact of priests with men and women?
Birth control - Why wouldn’t the church allow safe and effective methods to control the size of families (and population)? Why would the church object to birth control in the prevention of disease including AIDS and STDs.
Homosexuality - As developed nations increase the tolerance for alternative lifestyles, the church remains adamantly against same sex marriages.
Female priests - The church has resisted the ordination of female priests. Most other religions have already begun to accept women.
Premarital sex - This restriction may be the most glaring example of how far behind the times the church really is.
The above points are the very serious issues affecting the Catholic Church today throughout the entire world. EENS (extra Ecclesiam nulla salus - "outside the Church there is no salvation") is nowhere even close to the importance, relevance and timeliness of the above issues. Indeed, the EENS rigorist position has been condemned by the Magisterium and its adherence by a small group of radicals can lead to not only their own perdition but additionally the perdition of others who these radicals induce with their falsehoods.
Why in the world then would someone be so consumed with EENS as to post about such an irrelevant and morally dangerous topic (one that so very few Catholics care about) each and every day?
The Answer