New Posts For Thread: Belgian Catholic Priests' Reform Manifestohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28795547/Belgian_Catholic_Priests_Reform_ManifestoThe crisis in the RC Church in Belgium has caused a few priests to issue a call to reform that is bolder than Luther's. Mass without priests? IMO this is too radical. ncronline.org/news/global/belgian-cathol...I believe change in the RCC has to come within the Church and this is a good example.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28795547/Belgian_Catholic_Priests_Reform_Manifesto?post_id=518808925#518808925I believe change in the RCC has to come within the Church and this is a good example.Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:15:43 -0500I'm with the Nuns. I hope they fight back, and tell the ArchBishop to go to H$!!http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28795547/Belgian_Catholic_Priests_Reform_Manifesto?post_id=518802017#518802017I'm with the Nuns. I hope they fight back, and tell the ArchBishop to go to H$!!Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:55:39 -0500"I don't know any more holy people," Cafardi said of American religious sisters. "I see a lot more holiness in the convents than I see in the chancery."I couldn't agree more. This has been my experience, as well.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28795547/Belgian_Catholic_Priests_Reform_Manifesto?post_id=518799159#518799159"I don't know any more holy people," Cafardi said of American religious sisters. "I see a lot more holiness in the convents than I see in the chancery."I couldn't agree more. This has been my experience, as well.Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:31:54 -0500I wouldn't become too enthusiastic about the RCC's response to reform movements. The Vatican has never entertained warm-'n-fuzzy sentiments towards anything which challanged its authority or tickled the status quo.Here's the latest Vatican hatchet-jhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28795547/Belgian_Catholic_Priests_Reform_Manifesto?post_id=518786255#518786255I wouldn't become too enthusiastic about the RCC's response to reform movements. The Vatican has never entertained warm-'n-fuzzy sentiments towards anything which challanged its authority or tickled the status quo.Here's the latest Vatican hatchet-jThu, 19 Apr 2012 07:50:16 -0500A courageous Catholic nun speaks out on behalf of marriage equality:www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEtfgc8nsyQ&feat...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28795547/Belgian_Catholic_Priests_Reform_Manifesto?post_id=515955985#515955985A courageous Catholic nun speaks out on behalf of marriage equality:www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEtfgc8nsyQ&feat...Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:28:21 -0600Let's be careful not to retroject the later, developed concept of bishop onto the much earlier church. At that point in history, "bishop" i.e. "overseer" / "supervisor", was a presiding elder whose qualifications were moral and spiritual rather thanhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28795547/Belgian_Catholic_Priests_Reform_Manifesto?post_id=514227369#514227369Let's be careful not to retroject the later, developed concept of bishop onto the much earlier church. At that point in history, "bishop" i.e. "overseer" / "supervisor", was a presiding elder whose qualifications were moral and spiritual rather thanMon, 26 Dec 2011 11:44:23 -0600If I were Catholic, I'd be signing the petition.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28795547/Belgian_Catholic_Priests_Reform_Manifesto?post_id=514226581#514226581If I were Catholic, I'd be signing the petition.Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:09:45 -0600Nino,I fully believe in the "priesthood of all believers". One becomes a priest per baptism; there are no "lay" members in the Body of Christ; only priests.Ordination is the seal of approval granted by the institutional church that the candidate hashttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28795547/Belgian_Catholic_Priests_Reform_Manifesto?post_id=514225975#514225975Nino,I fully believe in the "priesthood of all believers". One becomes a priest per baptism; there are no "lay" members in the Body of Christ; only priests.Ordination is the seal of approval granted by the institutional church that the candidate hasMon, 26 Dec 2011 10:48:06 -0600The crisis in the RC Church in Belgium has caused a few priests to issue a call to reform that is bolder than Luther's. Mass without priests? IMO this is too radical. ncronline.org/news/global/belgian-cathol...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/28795547/Belgian_Catholic_Priests_Reform_Manifesto?post_id=514213259#514213259The crisis in the RC Church in Belgium has caused a few priests to issue a call to reform that is bolder than Luther's. Mass without priests? IMO this is too radical. ncronline.org/news/global/belgian-cathol...Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:44:25 -0600