Expressing their concern with keeping the Eucharist the central focus of Catholic life as the church faces a future with fewer priests, a group of area priests sent a letter last month to Bishop Wilton Gregory, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.110 priests are refusing to listen to the Church. Optional celibacy is not going to be discussed at the present time AND the subject of women's ordination is CLOSED. There will NEVER be women priestesses in the Catholic Church! To continue to call for 'dialogue' on this subject demonstrates just how "out of touch" with reality these priests are with the Church. It is an undeniable manifestation of disobedience to the magisterium. The teaching of the male only ministerial priesthood is irreversible and has been declared as such.
The letter goes on to state that, "we understand the church does not consider herself able to ask the question, ‘How shall we celebrate the Eucharist in the absence of a priest?’ because we cannot go where the question might lead: the ordination of married men."
Church leaders need to openly address this subject, as well as the issues of optional celibacy and the ordination of women, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, Father Meyer said, while at the same time, keeping the Eucharist central.
What sort of formation did these 110 priests receive regarding the basics of the faith? And what is the Archbishop doing to ensure that these men understand and assent to the teaching of the Church? Are these priests indoctrinating the faithful with their heterdox opinions?
I cannot understand why heterdoxy and heresy is allowed to continue and fester. How about a little medicine, as in excommunication?
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