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Feminists seek to subvert "religious fundamentalism" in Catholicism

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Proponents of feminism within a religious tradition play a crucial role in subverting "religious fundamentalism" in Catholicism, according to a member of the pro-abortion group Catholics for the Right to Decide.

Elfriede Harth, Secretariat of European Parliament Study Group on Religion and Secularity and a Spanish member of Catholics for the Right to Decide (whose U.S. partner is Catholics for Choice), made the remarks at this month's Women Deliver conference in Washington, D.C.

The conference was largely a push for population control in developing countries worldwide through contraception and abortion funding.

Harth named the orthodox Catholic movement Opus Dei as a formidable opponent to Catholics attempting to promote liberal doctrines within the Church, and said that religious feminists should work to "analyze and demystify religious fundamentalism."

"Religious fundamentalism" in Catholicism is that which is orthodox. In other words, that which is truly Catholic. Liberal doctrines are those which seek to change that which is truly Catholic into something else.

Interesting that Opus Dei is named as a formidable opponent. They ran the Catholic women's thing that I mentioned I went to last night. :)

Related link: Pro-Abort Catholic: Women Should Feel 'Guilty' if They Don't Abort Inconvenient Child ~ LifeSiteNews