tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73482406269098637192024-03-14T04:05:54.771-04:00Questions from a Ewe"Test everything; retain what is good.” (1 Thes 5:21) A laywoman expresses concerns about issues in the Roman Catholic Church to foster positive dialogue by posing and exploring questions.
Please remember that Canon Law says it is not only a right but a duty to question the church. Also, Canon Law provides an over-riding power to the sensus fidelium (sense of the faithful). By this, Canon Law says that if the sensus fidelium (collective of the faithful) reject a law, it is not valid.Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-36770343998599809742021-08-18T11:20:00.003-04:002021-08-18T11:20:33.869-04:00God Gives Us Science Too
I am genuinely sorry that as of this writing, Cardinal
Raymond Burke has succumbed to COVID-19 and breathes via a ventilator. I wish him well.
I learned of his illness via an email from Catholic Healthcare International (CHI), an
organization embraced by Cardinal Burke which wants to build within my diocese a
“peaceful pilgrimage site” devoted to Padre Pio.Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-41991893430821592482021-04-11T11:38:00.000-04:002021-04-11T11:38:16.434-04:00"...And there was no needy person among them"I thought about going to Mass today because I’ve recently
completed my COVID vaccination series but decided against it due to living in
the worst outbreak hotspot currently in my country…something about not wanting
to inadvertently act as a plague vector though not being able to attend Mass in over a
year. Side note: Unlike many folks, I
actually enjoy attending Mass and before COVID was Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-24857787265481900272020-05-17T13:57:00.000-04:002020-05-17T13:57:41.688-04:00Reverting to Type
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My
pastor, Fr. Mark, recently resigned due to what are being deemed “credible
allegations of sexual harassment.”
He is undergoing what is being called “therapy.”
This past Thursday I received a bulk email sent to
parishioners from the parish’s Director of Administration advising us of our
pastor’s resignation and inviting parishioners to attend a Q&A session
today. Since I Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-8230991639363290192018-10-06T06:49:00.000-04:002018-10-07T06:37:38.115-04:00Requesting a private discussion with the pope...
Dear readers,
About
a month ago I wrote regarding needed changes to Canon Law that would help
eliminate the Church’s globally systemic sexual abuse coverup scandal. I received a lot of encouragement to share my
ideas with hierarchy officials. Thus, I
sent it to my bishop. He thanked me for
offering my ideas. However, I do not know what other actions it will inspire
beyond Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-73821029423667139572018-09-02T10:28:00.001-04:002018-10-06T07:12:43.305-04:00How to fix the Church's problem with criminal sexual activity
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It’s snowing today although it’s Spring so people are talking
excitedly. But in a few days, the
typical warmth of Spring will return and people will forget about it. This kind of reminds me of last week’s brief
flurry around Pope Francis’ desire to form a commission to study women deacons
in the early church. However, instead of
blowing snow on a Spring day, it seemed to be a Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-13880469418398785712016-04-17T13:43:00.000-04:002016-04-17T13:43:50.722-04:00"Do you have eyes and not see?" (Mark 8:18)
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Dear Pope Francis,
This will be short and sweet. Saudi Arabia just elected 20 women, which is 20 more than ever in the Catholic Church. So, I find myself in a position asking you and your brotherhood to consider learning something from the Saudis on sharing power with women.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/12/13/world/middleeast/ap-ml-saudi-women-vote.html
Hope you are Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-70207752748597009172015-12-05T07:45:00.001-05:002015-12-13T18:46:21.245-05:00Which lives are you "pro?"Truly, when I publish a blog article, I think it is my last one...until...something in the church cries out for commentary that does not seem to be getting expressed.First, my last blog article about sexually active priests quickly catapulted to one of my most read articles. I am always humbled that people invest their time reading my blog. But, I neglected to highlight one extremely Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-24670946829998797382015-10-13T10:02:00.000-04:002015-10-14T08:03:49.682-04:00Having the wrong discussion...
Before and now during the much heralded Synod on the Family, I have heard and continue to hear a great hullabaloo about whether or not to allow communion for divorcees who remarry without first having their previous marriages annulled. I find this fixation odd because I think it represents misplaced focus, reeking of hypocrisy.
At the risk of expressing myself in an inefficient manner, Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-63807801038764933612015-10-03T07:00:00.001-04:002015-10-03T21:09:40.973-04:00With whom the pope meets...The soap opera around, "Did he? Didn't he? Did she? Didn't she" seems to be fading as the Vatican claims Pope Francis' meeting with Kim Davis did not endorse her behavior refusing to issue same sex couples marriage licenses. And now his meeting with an openly gay man and that man's longtime partner are paraded before us as evidence to refute any political intentions on Francis' part by Questions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.com2