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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

"NunGate" by Linda Kenney Baden on Huffington Post



"Simply clothed woman are making headlines. The Vatican is ripe with scandal, gossip and controversy: 
 ValetGate -- the arrest of the Pope's butler for allegedly leaking stolen embarrassing information; 
 SexPartyGate -- the unsolved mysterious disappearance and alleged murder of Emanuela Orlandi the daughter of a high ranking Vatican official who, according to the exorcist priest for Rome, was abducted by Vatican guards for sex orgies; 
PrivatesExposedGate -- the publication of the bestselling book with the Pope's letters; 
 MafiaGate -- an investigation of money laundering for the Mob, by a priest using the Vatican Bank; 
MurderGate -- the Death of God's Banker (Roberto Calvi) who was found hanging from a bridge in London, and now to top it off in the theater of 'you can't make this up' -- 
NunGate.
In case you did not watch The Colbert Report on June 11, 2012 about "radical feminist nuns" and Stephen Colbert's interview of one such nun Sister Simone Campbell, you may have missed the fact that recently the Catholic Church through its Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has targeted with laser-like precision the real terrorist threats to world peace -- Catholic Nuns. This radical American association of approximately 57,000 woman of the habit, whose median age is 74, making them too old for jury duty in most states, is spreading fundamentalist feminist themes by helping the sick including AIDS victims, advocating for human rights by promoting tolerance of homosexuality and same sex marriage, and taking care of the poorest of the poor. A Vatican hissy fit has ensued. Instead, according to the Vatican, these women should be campaigning against true evil: fighting against any movement of their sisters becoming priests, abortion, contraception and homosexuality. 
This assault by the Vatican now has engendered a twitter handle #WhatSistersMeanToMe started by a Jesuit priest in support of the nuns.
And those in charge of the doctrinisms of the Church cannot tolerate it any longer. An investigation, a report, and punishment have ensued -- otherwise know as a crackdown. It was primarily directed against one group: The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). It is the largest group association of nuns. Its members represent about 83 percent of the religious woman in the United States. They seek to achieve societal systemic change by acting in a leadership capacity on issues such as helping people who are the victims of violence and oppression. It now appears that the LCWR needs an LCWR to help them in this recent assault by the men in charge of the Vatican. These nuns have been told since the inception of the nunnery that the men are in charge -- and that is that. I need not repeat here what others have written..."


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"57,000 woman of the habit"

Of whom zero wear the habit.

Veritwas said...

For the habit shall trump the Spirit for ever and ever, Amen. Real nuns are creatures of the habit.

Our Holy Father says so. Therefore it is true. LOL.

Prove that I am not an ageless, mindless robot running out of juice.