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New York Times highlights Catholic who appreciates liturgy, rejects Catholic teaching
June 29, 2009
The New York Times has published a nearly 1,500-word opinion piece by Michele Madigan Somerville, a poet whose “verse has appeared in Mudfish, Puerto del Sol, Hanging Loose and other publications.” Drawn by the beauty of the sacred liturgy, Ms. Somerville glories in her rejection of Catholic teaching:
I love the radical Catholic Church. I love that there are Roman Catholic bishops sticking their necks out to ordain women … I devote much time and talent to working in the Gay Ministry at my church. I recognize it is my obligation as a conscious, conscientious Catholic to discern-- to know that the church no more belongs to the Vatican than it does to me. The power of the Church may rest with the College of Cardinals, but its glory rests with people like me.
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