… sind mir richtig sympathisch
The inner-city parish [South Brisbane, Australia] has angered conservatives by allowing women and lay people to preach; performing ‘unorthodox’ baptisms; preaching without traditional vestments; and by administering communion to gays and lesbians, and blessing their relationships.
St Mary’s priest of 28 years, Father Peter Kennedy, said his parishioners were unlikely to change their “democratic” ways or bow to “bullies”.
“Bullies never have enough of bullying, and the Vatican is a bully,” Fr Kennedy said.
Kennedy said he was making a stand for “recovering Catholics” who had “walked away from the church because they can no longer abide this institution which is so oppressive of women, of gay and lesbian people”.
St Mary’s has received support from the Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Pat Power, who told The Canberra Times this week that he had “sympathy and admiration” for the parish.
Der zuständige Erzbischof muss auf Druck Ratzingers sauer sein:
Turn or burn. That’s the ultimatum facing the gay-friendly parish of St Mary’s in South Brisbane.
Under pressure from conservative Catholics and the Vatican, Archbishop of Brisbane John Bathersby has given the ‘renegade’ parish until the end of November to change its ways or face excommunication.
“I am prepared to wait until December 1, but no longer,” Bathersby wrote in a letter to the parish last week. “After that I will begin a formal process to address the situation.”
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