Yep, it's started. It is becoming abundantly clear that the US bishops will each interpret the new Vatican instruction on the admission of homosexuals to the seminary (click here for the official version) as they see fit and implement it (or not) accordingly. See the Washington Post story for what the President of the USCCB, and the Archbishop of Washington, have to say for themselves. Other bishops, of course, disagree and want to follow the Vatican's clear intent. So much for collegiality.
Pope John XXIII's 1961 instruction to the same effect became a dead letter because most bishops did not want to follow it. I'm sure that Benedict XVI knows that. I'd be very interested in seeing what, if anything, will be done to prevent a rerun of that movie.
When I first read the title for this post I thought, "Wow! The revisionist Episcopal Church's spin tactics have become so famous that they have crossed denominational boundries!"
ReplyDeleteThen I actually read the article and thought, "Gee, Bishop Skylstad could be a bishop in the Episcopal Church."
It's sad, really.
Regarding collegiality, I recall that once, in the sixties, a student posited to an eminent Catholic theologian the question: where in scripture do we see an example of collegiality.
ReplyDeleteThe theologian suggested that the verse in Scripture in which the apostles abandoned our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemine would qualify as an example of "collegiality."
Things do not change, do they?
Hi Mike
ReplyDeleteI guess it is hard for me to accept why the Catholic seminary is in anyone's business. I mean is not commitment to celibacy enough? These issues do not effect me as I am a woman, still I can not help but think something is off.
Regards
Oly
Oly:
ReplyDeleteThe only thing you say that I understand is "these issues do not effect me as I am a woman," and I don't agree with it.
Could you explain further?
Best,
Mike