tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post4075865017055815274..comments2024-02-14T03:56:12.027-08:00Comments on La Salette Journey: Victoria Kennedy supporters are angry and demand that Bishop Robert McManus explain himself to herPaul Anthony Melansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-56828079048808512422012-04-27T12:54:46.367-07:002012-04-27T12:54:46.367-07:00How are the students prevented from listening to V...How are the students prevented from listening to Victoria Kennedy? I suspect even you realize you're being dishonest which is why you posted your comment anonymously. Students at Anna Maria have access 24 hours a day to television, radio, internet, newspapers, magazines and so forth.<br /><br />As I said in my previous comment, Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Exhortation Ex Corde Ecclesiaeis clear: "Catholic teaching and discipline are to influence all university activities...Any official action or commitment of the University is to be in accord with its Catholic identity." (§ 4).<br /><br />You were saying?Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-43527580713527808402012-04-27T12:29:28.168-07:002012-04-27T12:29:28.168-07:00I dislike the idea that college students (ie young...I dislike the idea that college students (ie young adults) are to be prevented from listening to a speaker that the church and perhaps they themselves) disagree with. College ought to be about exposing yourself to all kinds of ideas good and bad. It is called an education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-53511152630896769292012-04-27T07:36:43.834-07:002012-04-27T07:36:43.834-07:00Isn't it hypocritical though to tell Anna Mari...Isn't it hypocritical though to tell Anna Maria College not to invite Victoria Kennedy as a commencement speaker and to allow the "commission for women" to have guest speakers such as Elizabeth Dreyer (who dissents from the Church's teaching that women cannot be ordained and even agitates for change) and New Age promoter Joyce Rupp?<br /><br />What's the message here? That dissident guest speakers are allowed only if vetted by diocesan officials?Geraldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-60261977205916176402012-04-27T04:54:52.525-07:002012-04-27T04:54:52.525-07:00"They said the bishop — through two intermedi..."They said the bishop — through two intermediaries — has declined to speak to Mrs. Kennedy to explain his opposition."<br /><br />In my humble opinion Mgr Mc Manus should summon Mrs Kennedy to explain her what the RCC teaches on the issues she is feigning to ignore.<br />And make a public communication in the case she would persist.<br />It is never useless to repeat tirelessly the bimillenial stance of the Church bcs so many are beieving that VATII "liberalized" them.jachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17650477732170495698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-73991074033785650272012-04-27T03:39:01.673-07:002012-04-27T03:39:01.673-07:00Then those nuns can always attend a Planned Parent...Then those nuns can always attend a Planned Parenthood or NARAL meeting or a gathering of LGBT activists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-2047971151092009712012-04-26T19:14:15.286-07:002012-04-26T19:14:15.286-07:00I know some people who would want to hear her spea...I know some people who would want to hear her speak those“progressive” LCWR nunsandresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-83154725583542572192012-04-26T13:49:26.627-07:002012-04-26T13:49:26.627-07:00The Telegram & Gazette is now reporting that B...The Telegram & Gazette is now reporting that Bishop McManus is unmoved by the petition and will not be asking Anna Maria College to reinvite Kennedy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-45434828378716628452012-04-26T13:34:38.646-07:002012-04-26T13:34:38.646-07:00In his Apostolic Exhortation on Catholic Universit...In his Apostolic Exhortation on Catholic Universities Ex Corde Ecclesiae (From the heart of the Church), Pope John Paul II teaches that, "Catholic teaching and discipline are to influence all university activities, while the freedom of conscience of each person is to be fully respected. Any official action or commitment of the University is to be in accord with its Catholic identity." (§ 4).<br /><br />This teaching is very clear and unambiguous. There is no room for doubt here. Any official action of a university - such as a graduation ceremony - is to be "in accord with" the Catholic identity of that university.<br /><br />This is why Victoria Kennedy's invitation was rescinded.Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-30773663952415515232012-04-26T13:17:21.050-07:002012-04-26T13:17:21.050-07:00Why would anyone professing to be Catholic want to...Why would anyone professing to be Catholic want to hear this banal and enervated woman anyway?<br /><br />It's not as if she has anything positive to offer our Catholic youth.Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-72205631685313846302012-04-26T12:43:05.237-07:002012-04-26T12:43:05.237-07:00Bishop McManus must appear before a "rump par...Bishop McManus must appear before a "rump parliament" of assorted Leftist and Kennedyite misfits to enable them to deconstruct the Roman Catholic Church? These folks are deluded and dangerous.breathnachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12308036185276331387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-39968368787987446482012-04-26T12:29:37.842-07:002012-04-26T12:29:37.842-07:00In addition, as I mentioned in my first post on Vi...In addition, as I mentioned in my first post on Victoria Kennedy, in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post, Ms. Kennedy wrote, "The pro-choice position recognizes that the United States is a diverse, pluralistic society where a woman has a constitutional right to make a decision based on her own conscience, religious beliefs and medical needs."Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-24869610762328333002012-04-26T11:22:54.960-07:002012-04-26T11:22:54.960-07:00"Petition organizers charge that the bishop h..."Petition organizers charge that the bishop has associated Mrs. Kennedy with political and social organizations that promote points of view that are contrary to fundamental church teachings, but they said he has not substantiated those claims."<br /><br />Mr. Krueger has substantiated those claims with his own words, according to the April 26th Catholic Free Press:<br /><br />Mr. Krueger said Mrs. Kennedy introduced a gay rights activist to raise money for scholarship fund for gay students, but that the Church does not prohibit that. He was speaking about a Point Foundation scholarship which is for students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and marginalized due to their sexual orientation. Mrs. Kennedy, in a speech at the Point Foundation, available for viewing on YouTube, praises David Mixner’s activism to earn equality for the gay community, including the right to marry and raise a family. The Church opposes gay marriage. When questioned, Mr. Krueger said he did not know Mrs. Kennedy’s position on gay marriage.<br /> Asked about her position on abortion, Mr. Kruger said all he knows is she supports Catholic Democrats, which supports policies to reduce abortions. He said she is on the organization’s board.<br /> He said Mrs. Kennedy has not discussed abortion publicly; the only public mention he knew of was a 2004 op-ed piece she wrote in the Washington Post calling on bishops not to deny Communion to “pro-choice Catholic politicians.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-82659555661514613162012-04-26T09:47:47.887-07:002012-04-26T09:47:47.887-07:00Yeah, we're going to take our marching orders ...Yeah, we're going to take our marching orders from a group that endorses sodomy. Guess again Jenny.HolyCross2011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-77500010771905770452012-04-26T07:39:56.755-07:002012-04-26T07:39:56.755-07:00Jennifer Butler's article critical of Rick San...Jennifer Butler's article critical of Rick Santorum because of his opposition to same-sex "marriage" may be found here:<br /><br />http://www.fplaction.org/compassionate-conservatisms-comeback/Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-29892125152150671272012-04-26T07:33:17.108-07:002012-04-26T07:33:17.108-07:00These activists are demanding that the Bishop genu...These activists are demanding that the Bishop genuflect before Victoria Kennedy and that he put Catholic teaching on the shelf to accommodate her.<br /><br />Satanic.Jonathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-73171706555837426292012-04-26T07:32:00.979-07:002012-04-26T07:32:00.979-07:00"Should the Bishop pay any attention to...&qu..."Should the Bishop pay any attention to..."<br /><br />I am not a Roman Catholic and even my answer is an emphatic NO!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com