"'Rites' for women, 'rights' for gays: Cardinal George's double standards"/NCR

http://ncronline.org/blogs/young-voices/rites-women-rights-gays-cardinal-georges-double-standards

by Jamie L Manson on Oct. 21, 2010

"For the cardinal rights may not have any claim within a rite, but a rite possesses the power to take away rights...

"The cardinal tells his readers: “In the order of grace, no one has rights and everything is gift from a God who loves us. . . . We can’t demand it from God; nor can we tell God to change it to suit us.”

"The cardinal doesn’t seem to realize that no one who fights for the inclusion of women in priestly ministry is demanding anything from God. God has already given the gift of calling forth women to service and leadership in God’s church. The demand is being made of the institutional church."

Bridget Mary's Reflection:

Speaking out for for justice for gays and for women in the Catholic Church, equal rights and equal rites for all, is the voice of God in our time! Bridget Mary Meehan, RCWP, sofiabmm@aol.com