An Update on the Dissenting Canadian Priests

An email update from LifeSiteNews:

Please note that LifeSiteNews.com coverage of the open letter by 19 Quebec priests dissenting to Catholic teaching on homosexuality has been updated with a link to the full letter in French. In the coming days we will provide an English translation.

Also note that unlike mainstream press coverage of the issue, only LifeSiteNews.com named all the priests who signed the letter.

See the article which now includes a link to the full open letter here:
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/feb/06022706.html

The article states, in part, and which to some degree validates some previous comments made here :

Canon Lawyer Peter Vere told LifeSiteNews.com that the situation is now beyond local bishops and that the faithful should contact the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to express their concerns. Noting that the story on the dissent has made international news, Vere said, "It's no longer just a scandal for a particular diocese. It is a scandal for lay people who are legitimately confused by the antics of these priests, who will likely mistake silence (on the part of the bishops) for consent."

"At this point I would encourage people to write the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) because it no longer concerns priests or bishops but concerns a direct attack on the faith and morals of the Catholic Church," Vere added.

To send respectful communications:
Mail or fax (most effective):
Cardinal William Levada
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Piazza del S. Uffizio, 11, 00193 Roma, Italy
Fax: 06.69.88.34.09

To email the CDF:
Cardinal William Levada
E-mail: cdf@cfaith.va

I expect Dr Ed Peters will have something to say on this matter as well before too long.