There is something perverse
about opposing condom use
and then washing the feet of people with HIV/AIDS.
There is something suspect
about opposing reproductive health care for women
who may not want to get pregnant
and then generously insisting on the legal baptism of children
whose parents are not married.
There is something dubious
about calling the hierarchical church to a simpler way of being
and ignoring the many women
whose ministerial service would enhance its output.
The Spanish expression that comes to mind is
“what you give with the wrist, you erase with the elbow.”
This seems to be the Jesuitical pattern.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people kill themselves
because Catholic hierarchs tell them
that their sexuality is “intrinsically morally disordered.”
Women die from unsafe, illegal abortions
because the Catholic hierarchy spends millions of dollars
opposing legislation that would make their choices safer.
Survivors of sexual abuse by clergy live tortured lives
because the cleric-centric structures of the church favor their abusers.
While a few nuns famously ride the bus,
the Vatican’s current crackdown on women religious
makes most of them feel as if they have been thrown under the bus.
Theology does indeed have consequences
by John Chuchman
Bridget Mary's Response:
I pray that our new pope may understand that current church teaching has consequences that are contradictory of the spirit of the Gospel, and this theology must be changed so it reflects the love and compassion of Jesus in the Gospel who stood with the marginalized and declared the good news of healing, justice and the liberating Spirit in our midst.
Our theology must reflect the love in the heart of Jesus, this is my prayer for Pope Francis.
Bridget Mary Meehan, arwp, www.arcwp.org
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