To Hell With the UN | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: While the Church has every right to defend its moral teachings on gay marriage (even though it is wrong) and abortion (even though it is sadly mistaken how abortion rights exist in wester natural rights republics - especially this one). On contraception, I do dislike the idea of trying to prevent the birth of brown people in the name of development - especially when we have a brown President - although no one has put this question in terms of getting his Kenyan family not to reproduce - which should be done. As for the Church's (lack of) knowledge on reproductive biology and human sexuality within marriage - it is embarrassing and bad for the Church herself.
As for the organization of the Church. NO, MSW! If the bishops work for Nuncio who gets his orders from the Holy See, then the reality is that those bishops (and especially Cardinals who hold a Vatican City passport) ARE EMPLOYEES OF ROME. There is no doubt that the priests in a diocese work for the bishop. Indeed, if they deny it they are in violation of their promise of obedience. Locally appoint and approve bishops and make priests free agents and you can absolve Rome of responsibility. Otherwise, the Vatican needs to schedule more than one art auction for the benefit of the victims. That the plaintiff lawyers did not draw the lines that clearly is a mystery to me and a sin. Until we drop the name Roman from Roman Catholic...
MSW, quit carrying the hierarchy's water on this issue - they don't deserve it.
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