The following comes from a May 8 Catholic Education Daily article by Justin Petrisek:
Catholic dissidents have been opposing the efforts of the San Francisco archbishop to reinforce the Catholic identity of his schools by asking teachers to witness to the Catholic faith, both inside and outside the classroom. But the intentions of Archbishop Cordileone’s critics seem far removed from the best interests of faithful Catholic education.
At the end of April, representatives from Call to Action, DignityUSA, New Ways Ministry, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, Catholics for Choice and Human Rights Campaign met in Chicago to strategize how to best oppose Cordileone and other bishops taking similar measures in their dioceses. According to Crux, about 30 participants attended the meeting.
Call to Action claimed that the weekend was an opportunity to meet other groups and discuss “ways to hold our Church accountable to its own teachings” by discussing “working conditions, legal rights and plans for action” for LGBT employees of Catholic schools.
Call to Action is “committed to pushing back against morality clauses and religious exemptions” that protect the identity of Catholic schools.
In 2006, the Vatican confirmed the excommunication of Call to Action members by Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln, Neb., because of the organization’s activities and stances contrary to Catholic teaching on issues including abortion, contraception and same-sex marriage.
Belonging to or supporting Call to Action was deemed “irreconcilable with a coherent living of the Catholic faith,” the official letter from the Vatican read. “The judgment of the Holy See is that the activities of ‘Call to Action’ in the course of these years are in contrast with the Catholic Faith due to views and positions held which are unacceptable from a doctrinal and disciplinary standpoint.”
The homosexual advocacy groups DignityUSA and New Ways Ministry were also present at the meeting to oppose protections for Catholic education. DignityUSA advocates the redefinition of marriage and “advocates for change in the Catholic Church’s teaching on homosexuality,” according to its website. New Ways Ministry has been publicly opposed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which in a 2010 statement said:
No one should be misled by the claim that New Ways Ministry provides an authentic interpretation of Catholic teaching and an authentic Catholic pastoral practice. Their claim to be Catholic only confuses the faithful regarding the authentic teaching and ministry of the Church with respect to persons with a homosexual inclination.
In a recent blog post about the Chicago meeting, New Ways Ministry claimed that the dissident coalition will not stop at one strategic meeting and is planning another event in the fall.
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, also at the Chicago meeting, is a political organization that grew out of the 2004 presidential campaign of Catholic dissenter John Kerry, who made substantial efforts to recruit the support of Catholics by claiming doctrinal support for leftist public policy. The group’s leadership has included Catholic academics like former Georgetown University president Father William Byron, S.J., and Catholic University of America professor Stephen Schneck.
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good undermined the Church with its public support—contrary to the public statements of 83 Catholic bishops—for President Barack Obama’s commencement honors at the University of Notre Dame in 2009, and its promotion of a faulty report that claimed to prove that redistributive policies would reduce abortions, part of an argument to convince Catholics to back liberal social policies and stop advocating strong pro-life laws. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good had to retract the report when co-author Michael Bailey seemed to back away from supporting the conclusions.
The final group at the Chicago meeting, Catholics for Choice, touts dissent on its website. “We are part of the great majority of the faithful in the Catholic church who disagrees with the dictates of the Vatican on matters related to sex, marriage, family life and motherhood,” the group states. “We are part of the great majority who believes that Catholic teachings on conscience mean that every individual must follow his or her own conscience ― and respect others’ right to do the same.”
“Discrimination, lack of access to contraception, low pay and job insecurity” were some of the reasons that the groups met in Chicago, according to Call to Action. And the groups didn’t get there on their own. Some were funded by the Human Rights Campaign, according to Crux:
Several participants received grants to attend the three-day long conference from the Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay rights organization and one that has slammed the Catholic Church for its opposition to same-sex marriage.
In the movie, “The Exorcist” (1973), the young, Georgetown Jesuit (and Phd) Father Damien Karras, called on to assist in the exorcism, tells the senior priest Father Lankester Merrin (after seeing the young girl, Regan, who is possessed):
Father Karras: “I think that it might be helpful if I gave you some background on the different personalities Regas has manifested. So far, I’d say there seem to be three. She’s convinced. . .”
Father Merrin: “There is only one”.
And, that is the answer here: There is only one: Satan.
None of the mentioned groups have juridical legitimacy within the Church, nor moral legitimacy among Mankind (because, you know, Catholic Reader, there is a difference between the two groups now and then).
Wake Up!! Oppose these groups. Write to all Catholic leaders and organizations, even the largely useless USCCB, and tell them you oppose this madness, and so should the Church.
Archbishop Cordileone is a good and holy man. Support him. And, fight the “only one” that is involved here: Satan.
Archbishop Cordileone has ruffled all the proper feathers, clearly he is on the right track! You can tell a lot about a man by who his enemies are. Pray for the Archbishop and publicly support him as you can.
I agree kristin. There is dissent coming from all directions as we can see. So it is vital that we remain faithful and support our church leadership who are. Praise Be Jesus Christ. Praise be His most Holy name. God bless this holy Archbishop.
CODE of CANON LAW:
” 803 §2. The instruction and education in a Catholic school must be grounded in the principles of Catholic doctrine; teachers are to be outstanding in correct doctrine and integrity of life.”
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“803 §3. Even if it is in fact Catholic, no school is to bear the name Catholic school without the consent of competent ecclesiastical authority.”
SACRED SCRIPTURE regarding homosexuality:
Gen 19:1-29; Rom 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1 Tim 1:10; Jude 1:7.
DOCTRINE of the FAITH regarding homosexuality:
CCC: ” 2357, 2358, 2359, & 2396.
Children learn by words, and by example.
They want YOUR Children – – –
Are you going to let them take over ? ? ? ? ?
All STATE and the national USCCB Bishop’s Conferences must take a position on the education of Catholic Children in our private schools !
Send this article to your Diocese Bishop.
Soros funded heretical groups must not be permitted to advance their homosexual agenda.
I think that Mr. Petrisek failed to mention the Kenyan Socialist Atheists as well.
But I though Archbishop Cordileone was all friendly with New Ways Ministry now:
https://newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/16/building-bridges-with-archbishop-cordileone/
Perhaps they tenderize him.
Playing with Satan means you play by his rules.
These groups will stab the Abp in the back in a heartbeat.
These people are some of the saddest individuals I can think of…..
Pray for their conversion!
Pray for the Archbishop and Fathers Illo and Driscoll at Star of the Sea Parish as they are also being ‘pounded’ for their faithfulness to the teachings of the Catholic Church!!!
The Roman Catholic Church teaches that same-sex sex and same-sex marriage is wrong. It teaches that heterosexual sex outside of marriage is wrong. It teaches that divorce is wrong. The people of our nation are living together and not getting married at a higher percentage than ever. Nearly 80% of Catholics under the age of 30 support gay marriage. Nearly 50% of Catholic marriages end in divorce. Is it any wonder that these religious wars are happening in our country. The percentage of Christians who believe what the Church teaches is very small. Far too many people, Catholics and non-catholics believe that what the Church teaches is hate. They can’t reconcile what the Archbishop is doing with the demands of the culture of inclusion and relativism. As a church, we must find a way to teach the faith in a way that doesn’t make it sound like hate to those who disagree with us. Given the push-back the Archbishop received there is little likelyhood that other Bishops will step to the front of the line.
We must never tolerate sin.
If people want to be Catholic they should live by the teaching of the Catholic Church.
Same is true if they join any other church or organization.
Jesus said MANY will NOT be SAVED. Mt 7:13-14.
BobOne, you can no compromise with the Devil.
It does not matter if the Church get smaller as stated by Pope Benedict.
It must be as Holy as possible.
No BobOne, people should adhere to their own Faith/beliefs, and let everyone else alone.
If people choose Hell that is their own business of their own free will.
Jesus never said to condone sin to convert anyone.
People should not be required to go against their Faith so others may sin.. Let people pay for their own sins.
“Bob One”: What you said was great, up to the penultimate sentence.
No, the Church need not, and must not, mute its message. That is precisely the problem now; a feminized Church, teaching a wimpy thing here, and a squishy thing there. The ordained need to be men and proudly proclaim the Gospel and Church doctrine to all.
Remember that most of Christ’s followers (and many disciples) left when He gave the famous, “you must eat my flesh, and drink my blood” sermon. This result is sad but entirely understandable.
Sin is sin, and the Church must proclaim it. A priest cannot say that he “welcomes” a homosexual person, and “respects” a homosexual person and then act surprised when a homosexual person does what he wants, sexually. No. A true believer needs to honestly and fearlessly preach the word, and avoid being a simpering, whiner like Cardinal Wuerl, and a dissembler, like Cardinal Dolan, and an outright liar like Cardinal Daneels.
The Apostles are the model here. Martyrs all, except John. This is not an obscure message, to Catholic believers. You are not likely stupid, so you must be doing your father’s bidding. Remember, “There is only one”.
St. C, I agree, the church must not mute its message. I’m simply asking if there is a way to teach the faith without making it sound so hateful to those who do not believe. The new PEW report out this week shows that Catholics are leaving the church faster than any denomination and fewer are becoming Catholics than nearly any other denomination. The way we teach the faith, not the faith itself I would suggest, is what is leading people away. On the other hand, the survey also shows that people with no religious affiliation is the larges group in the U.S. People are running away from all main-line Christian churches. The readings for last Sunday were meaningful; the greatest commandment is to love one another as He has loved us. If we keep all the commandments but have not love …. Do we put too much emphasis on the rules and not enough emphasis on the need to love one another? Pope Francis is, I believe, trying to help us become a loving people. Some people find that confusing.
You are wrong, “Bob One” the greatest commandment is not: “to love one another as He has loved us”. Take a look at a great blog piece from One Peter Five: https://www.onepeterfive.com/the-greatest-commandment-did-a-council-and-two-popes-teach-error/
As a reminder, for those of you who (like me) aren’t conversant in Latin, here is the cited passage from Matthew (22:34-40):
But the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together: And one of them, a doctor of the law, asking him, tempting him: Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law? Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.
This false narrative that our whole allegiance is to “love your neighbor” makes our religion irrelevant. And, we are led by a Pope that wishes that there was direction to “kneel in veneration when a poor person enters a church”. (From a priest that does not kneel at the consecration.)
Worship of God is all important: mind, heart and soul. Loving your neighbor flows from this, it is not the sacred direction from Christ. Of course, your buddies all dispute this because it requres you to acknowledge sin, and the need for confession, and the requirement for forgiveness and redemption.
God, Who has fatherly concern for everyone, has willed that all men should constitute one family and treat one another in a spirit of brotherhood. For having been created in the image of God, Who “from one man has created the whole human race and made them live all over the face of the earth” (Acts 17:26), all men are called to one and the same goal, namely God Himself.
For this reason, love for God and neighbor is the first and greatest commandment. Sacred Scripture, however, teaches us that the love of God cannot be separated from love of neighbor: “If there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself…. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the Law” (Rom. 13:9-10; cf. 1 John 4:20). To men growing daily more dependent on one another, and to a world becoming more unified every day, this truth proves to be of paramount importance.
The comment from someone Guadiium etc.sounds like something from an intro to liberation theoogy 101. Creepy!
…the comment is lifted straight out of Gaudium et Spes from VII and your reaction, Dana, is precisely why those who had access to the Faith and studied and practiced it prior to VII shifts can clearly see that there seems to be an elevation of “love of neighbor” and indeed “man” above the love of God – that is the properly understood love of God.
With “love” being rebranded as letting folks do whatever they’d like so long as it pleases them, the duty to love God by following His commandments and putting Him first is lost in practice. And that’s why we’ve got folks saying junk like the CCC can be used to back up not “blaspheming” Mohammed. The why? Well, because our “neighbors” believe this man to be holy and of God and well, since we need to love our neighbors, then we must respect their error and not call it error because that would be unloving.
But you’re right. It does sound like a creepy intro to liberation theology 101.
“…The way we teach the faith, not the faith itself I would suggest, is what is leading people away.”
Christ taught things that made some of His disciples believe He was crazy, Bob One. And hard – the Apostles even said it would be better not to marry at all after learning the truth about marriage.
If we are called to love one another as Christ has loved us, then we should be non-judgmental in speaking the truth. That is not judging the truth to be too harsh and/or judging individuals who choose to disregard the truth after it has been revealed.
The best way to evangelize, in my opinion, is to have Catholics fully on board with living the hard teachings. Monkey see, monkey do is a good saying. If non-Catholics witness Catholics skirting the truth, they will not be led to believe what Catholics say. And if Catholics fill churches by way of lying and/or subverting/hiding the truth, then they are similarly not practicing the Faith, but rather filling buildings.
Christ is always going to be with His Church. But, and this is key, at least to me, Catholics will not always be with Christ – whether they sit in the Church or not. Otherwise there would have been no all for Our Lord to question whether or not He would find “Faith” upon His return.
The main thing brought out of that survey is that while people still believed in God, they are rejecting organized religion. They are turned off by bureaucracy and by an emphasis on money. (Our church now has 2 different collections for the parish, 2 different collections for the diocese, all the special national collections, in addition to a collection to support a parish in Africa, a collection to be used to support the local poor, a collection to support the school on a monthly basis and youth and other fundraisers)
“Is it any wonder that these religious wars are happening in our country.”
With respect, is not a religious war. It is about using sodomy and other perversions as the tip of the spear to advance a Marxist agenda. We need more personal responsibility according to our God-given free will, not socialist salvation solutions.
Once again Bob One is wrong… The Church should continue to teach the hard Truths no matter how it is interpreted by the Culture, if they think its “hate” so be it…Let the the Church be smaller but Holier….
Where does Holy Writ mention “hard Truths?”
28 Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.
The priests of the church are called ‘Father’ because they are to lead and instruct their ‘spiritual children’. The one above the priests is also spiritually a father figure, but he is also a shepherd. He is the bishop. Those who refuse to listen to the shepherd or to the father, are spoiled children, or wolves in sheep’s clothing. Who is behind this; Satan ! He will stop at nothing in order to install confusion and division in parishes, dioceses, metropolitan sees, as well as in the entire Church. All these problems boil down to Satan, the father of lies. He is the instigator of sin and hatred, two characteristics that are very common in the Catholic Church today.
And the Bishops and Priests need to encourage everyone to read the Bible and CCC at home, so they will know their Faith.
Father Karl, I just have to add my AMEN to what you have written. You said it all so perfectly.
May I also add that I know Archbishop Cordileone personally. We met in Rome in the spring of 1987 when both of us were finishing up our Licenses in Canon Law- him at the Gregorian and me at the Angelicum. I returned to the States and began working for the Diocese of San Diego in the Marriage Tribunal. He remained in Rome for his Doctorate. Then we both worked together in San Diego- both before and after he was an Auxiliary in San Diego. The Archbishop has always been a wonderful Priest, faithful and pastoral. San Francisco is very fortunate to have such a wise and good shepherd!!!
Martin Luther at least had the decency to leave the Church and organize his own church. These people want the Church to conform to their twisted moral values. They lie to the world and they lie to themselves. Who could respect deviants like them?
They think there’s no reason to leave because they constitute the vast majority of Catholics.
Gabe and Ralph i agree.
Of course! Since the Catholic Church is the One, True Church, possessing the “fullness” of the Faith, of course The Church, and any faithful Archbishops, would be first on Satan’s hit list. And any nation that dares to build squarely on Christian principles, as the US has done, is also first on Satan’s hit list. The hit list of Satan, as well as his “useful idiots”… as the astute Lenin and Stalin put it. Why be surprised at what is now going on in Washington DC, The Vatican, and particularly in San Francisco? As Jesus Himself asked… Will I find any faith at all when I return? Luke 18:8.
I think I know what you mean, but Martin Luther had no decency, let’s start with that.
To correct the article-Archbishop Cordileone is NOT asking the teachers to witness to the Catholic Faith, both inside and outside the classroom. That is not at all what the issue is about.
say more?
Is there more than a handful of Bishops who will instruct his Priests to preach the Gospel as it is written in then Bible? Is there more than a handful who will teach from the Bible? Is there more than a handful who will say that same sex marriage is against the teachings of the Bible and the CCC? We lose six members for every new one who joins the church. Is that because we teach the hard truth or because we teach that anything goes; anything is ok? I’m struggling with this as C keeps pointing out. If we follow all the rules of the CCC but do not have a personal relationship with God, and love God, can we be saved? The readings this week state that if you are baptized and believe you will be saved. If that is true, why do we continue to do good works? Good works will not save us, but we must do them because we are saved? Why are so many leaving the one true Church, founded by Christ Himself? Is it about what we say and believe or how we say it? Has God, any God, become irrelevant in this day and age? I don’t think so, but we may all be in the minority?
Many are called but few are chosen, and even fewer in the City of San Francisco, for obvious reasons. Regarding the questions about good works… anyone who sincerely loves the Lord and His Mother and His Church will want to know Him, love Him, and serve Him, and therefore naturally do good works, and even amazing good works, according to His will. Not in an effort to “work” your way to salvation, but rather as a result of cooperation between His will and your will, and His abundant grace! Try it! HE will never refuse you… He will never leave you nor forsake you!! Alleluia!
Bob One if you are so confused why do you stay in the Church….
C, I stay in the church because I know it is the one, catholic and apostolic church established by Christ. What confuses me is why so many others are leaving. What can we do to bring them back, or better still, keep them from leaving?
“What can we do to bring them back, or better still, keep them from leaving?” Preach the Truth, the Truth, the Truth…no more novelties, no more cute homilies or jokes, no more of the plain and outright failures of the last 60 years, no accommodations to so called “marginalized”..pick up your Crosses and follow Christ it is that simple and yes that difficult at the same time… I would not worry about others leaving, worry about your own salvation as Father Benedict predicted we will be a smaller but Holier and purified Church, that’s what really matters.
I love these kinds of “analyses” of who is “opposed to Archbishop Cordileone”. First off, few are opposed to the Archbishop. Many people are opposed to the Archbishop’s policies and manner of working with his flock. There is an important difference.
Beyond that, if the writers of these kinds of posts actually WENT to an of the public events and talked to the people marching, they’d see that the people in the streets aren’t affiliated with outside groups at all. They are parents, teachers and students of these schools, and a few of their friends. The groups mentioned here are not bringing people out into the streets. It’s a farce to say that they are.
YFC :they are wrong none the less… and good Archbishop is right…
The CCC might be a good book to read, but for serious Catholics, I recommend the Council of Trent teachings. It is more straight forward, and is not at all ambiguous. It means what is says, and says what it means. It is also easy to read and comprehend. There is also no grey matter, so the reader will not get confused.
In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it says that “Conscience must be informed and moral judgment enlightened,” but then it says below that when we form our consciences, we are “guided by the authoritative teaching of the Church.” In the National Catholic Distorter, one of the bloggers says that we are not required to obey a guide. Is he right? I’m confused. He seems to make sense, but I’m confused.
Dissident Catholics are NOT Catholic. They are wolves in sheep’s clothing !
Who are the “players” opposing the Archbishop ?? Well, they include the father of a player, Tom Brady Sr., one of the signatories to the infamous full page open letter opposing the Archbishop. Tom Brady Sr., sent his now international celebrity New England Patriot quarterback son to Serra High School, Class of 1995. Serra is one of the diocesan schools in Catholic disrepair and a focus of the Archbishop’s renewal efforts. Serra now boasts among its illustrious alumni 2 the most notorious professional sports cheats of all time – Tom Brady and Barry Bonds.
Shame on you San Francisco anti-whatever you are , City of Saint Francis. I was born in SF in the 40’s and you make me disgraced with your behavior, no class anymore in that City. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone please remain the course and know there are many who love you dearly for efforts and being a good shepherd to the flock. The money people will not prevail in the end. i.e. heaven. xoxo
Why are these 100 popular Catholics in the Bay Area so intent on removing AB Cordioleone from his office? He is without a doubt the best AB the Archdiocese has had in 50 years. We finally have an Archbishop that cannot be bought. Is that the problem? And Mr. Tom Brady Sr. should now be advising his son, Tom Brady, Jr. had to improve his public image. He obviously neglected how to teach his son, Tom, how to tell the truth. And to think that he was going to tell all the Catholics in S.F. how to think and act. Think again Mr. Brady, Sr.
The partisan political Anti-Catholic Bias that pervades our bought and paid for ‘Free Press’ and the ‘Spin Industry’ that runs Hollyweird and the few Big Info-Conglomerates whose insiders decide what passes for ‘news’…
– The following is an example of how they ‘Herd the Vanilla’ (clueless Voters) down on the information ‘mushroom farm’, where they are kept in the dark and fed media:
From Telephone to the Web: The Challenge of Mode of Interview Effects in Public Opinion Polls
https://www.pewresearch.org/2015/05/13/from-telephone-to-the-web-the-challenge-of-mode-of-interview-effects-in-public-opinion-polls/
“… But the results from self-administered and interviewer-administered surveys are sometimes different.
This difference is called a mode effect, a difference in responses to a survey question attributable to the mode in which the question is administered…”
FRC.org said:
“- the biggest and most surprising swings of opinions were on LGBT issues.
If people were allowed to answer privately and anonymously, as opposed to on the phone with the pressures of political correctness, their responses spiked as much as 14%!
…some experts call “social desirability bias.” People give the answer they think you want to hear, instead of what they actually feel.
That’s why there’s such a tremendous swing at the ballot box — sometimes as much as 6-10 percentage points on marriage protection amendments.
So be encouraged!
Historically, people poll about 7% higher in favor of same sex marriage (and other fairness issues, non-LGBT issues alike) than they vote. In otherwise, 7% of people hide in a closet of shame when they are opposed to equality issues of all kinds. They know what is right, but they in the silence of their hearts (and ballot boxes) they harbor fear. Fear is not a very good motivation for denying another group of people their rights, but it is real.
“Fear is not a very good motivation for denying another group of people their rights.” = Lust and mortally sinful acts are not a very good motivational reason to lie or deny and pervert God’s natural law in order to land oneself in hell.
History repeats itself. So historically speaking the majority of the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah were also just as willfully caught up in their mass mob of culturally perverted blindness. Just like YFC, they also taunted and tempted God’s justice. The Supreme Court was wrong about permitting the legal horrific evil of slavery and the Supreme Court was wrong about permitting the horrific legal evil of abortion. Percentage numbers do NOT mean anything…only the TRUTH.
Willful blindness and ignorance is often the greatest motivator that lands obstinate mortal sinners in the pit of hell. There are no “rights” in hell. Looks like things are not going very well for YFC. He does NOT “reason well.” as Abeca claims.
Ecclessiasticus 1: 16 ] The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful. [17] The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge. [18] Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness. [19] It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed.
As you well know, YFC, fear is often the great (and for some, the only) motivator to do what one should. Children often do not have any fear of the car they cannot imagine rushing round the corner to kill “them”. If it happens at all, it will “always” happen to “other” people. That is why the promise of a sound spanking for playing in the street is, in truth, a most generous mercy. And as always, the parent will be maligned as cruel and heartless – but only by those who refuse to grow up and assert the figment of their “rights” over reality.
YFC there is no rights to sin.