More Promotion of Heretics in Catholic Newspaper

The latest issue of Wel-com, the official Catholic newspaper of the Wellington and Palmerston North Dioceses, offers the spiritual journey of a self-described activist for change in the Church, which makes wonder, yet again, why this is even tolerated by the bishops, let alone allowed to be published.

Moyra Pierce has written her journey in "Paul's conversion inspires reflection in Mt Victoria. It seems her opinion has not changed at all from the interview she gave two years ago to a Catholic nun on Ms Pierce's thesis on Generation X'ers in the Catholic Church. The wierdest thing she said, outside of the obvious heretical opinions, is that she didn't have children - she "reproduced". Must be one of those feminist terms.




Summary of the highlights of the You-Tube interview:

Was there a different kind of Catholicism emerging with Gen X?
Asked only those who self-identified as Catholic [Didn't matter if they didn't go to church].
Post 65 children, ie those born after Vatican II finished [Hey, that's me!].
Changes of Vatican II were rapid in NZ, most people took to them [And I left the Church in the 80's, along with many others other Gen X'ers].
The changes were long overdue, 400 - 500 years overdue (laughter from both).
Catholic Church was still a medieval church.
Some of us think not enough has happened, but some think too much has. [Her position and that of Sr Stephanie is obviously of the former]
Gen-X'ers are very selective in what they believe.
Gen-X'ers don't go to Mass every Sunday.
Gen-X'ers are happy to be so far from Rome.
Gen-X'ers are very unhappy that women can't get ordained as priests [as she seems to be]

Not much has changed over the last two years, because in her Wel-com article published this month, where she goes through the challenges she has had as a woman in the Church, she concludes:

As well as some activism in regard to gender roles in the church, this has also involved reading feminist theologians and challenging and rethinking the male-dominant images of God available to us, especially in the liturgy.

For feminists in the churches, the challenge is whether to leave, to operate on the margins or to try to reform it from the inside.

So far I’ve chosen to stay, but it’s getting harder. The ideals of Vatican II are growing dimmer as fundamentalism, conservatism and retrenchment gain the upper hand.

Well, as a Gen-Xer who returned to the Church nearly 3 years ago after 20 years away, she's just going to love me!

Related Link: Paul's conversion inspires reflection in Mt Victoria ~ Wel-com