US priests form group to promote 'vision of Vatican II'
June 14, 2012
A new group of American clerics, the Association of US Catholic Priests, has been formed to “celebrate and implement the visionary concepts of Vatican Council II.” A quick sketch of the group suggests that it will follow a path similar to that of Ireland’s Association of Catholic Priests, a group that has defended dissenting clerics against the Vatican.
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Posted by: Defender -
Jun. 14, 2012 9:19 PM ET USA
Oh please...Rome isn't being fair to the LCWR, let's survey people about the Mass and the, oft-said, spirit of VII - there is no doubt where this group is going (50 years does not=1500+ years). I guess priest councils aren't enough to muck things up (and potentially defy the bishop), let's have a bigger organization to do it up right!
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Posted by: TheJournalist64 -
Jun. 14, 2012 5:40 PM ET USA
So what makes this different from, say, Call to Action? Is this more "Spirit of Vatican II" nonsense? Ignore the documents or read what you like into them?
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Posted by: unum -
Jun. 14, 2012 5:31 PM ET USA
A member says, "These (LCWR) women, they're intelligent and they're going to find a way to deal with this. And this is our chance to give them significant backing to know they're not alone." That's a shakey start for a priest's group when they start by discussing an endorsement for a group of dissident nuns who disagree with Church teaching.
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Posted by: rpp -
Jun. 14, 2012 5:30 PM ET USA
Perhaps they can call themselves the "Leadership Conference for Men Religious".
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Posted by: rpp -
Jun. 14, 2012 5:28 PM ET USA
I thought they already had a group. Doesn't it go by the name of "Catholic Theological Society of America"? If it is going to be a different group, perhaps they an call themselves the "Leadership Conference for Men (for now) Religious".
