tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post257272697627426308..comments2024-01-17T03:08:25.317-06:00Comments on The Progressive Catholic Voice: Share Your Open Letter to the ArchbishopPCV Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12519134580470262558noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-92022892821948181772012-10-13T05:36:52.994-05:002012-10-13T05:36:52.994-05:00Given that the Church is a monarchy, and lower ran...Given that the Church is a monarchy, and lower ranking officials would seemingly have no meaningful power over these questions, I suggest we write the highest ranking Church officials we can get access to.<br /><br />I invite readers to join me in commenting regularly on Cardinal Dolan's blog. That's as close to the top as I've been able to find so far.<br /><br />First, Cardinal Dolan is a pretty good writer, so his blog posts are easy to read. He expresses himself in simple language, and steers clear of obscure theological theory etc. Reading his posts is not a chore.<br /><br />Second, his moderating team seems pretty open to publishing posts that debate Cardinal Dolan. It can take a week or ten days for comments to be approved, but so far they've approved most or all of mine, and most of my posts debate the Cardinal.<br /><br />My strategy for getting approved by the mods so far has been as follows. <br /><br />- I include my url with my post, so that mods can see my arguments are coming from within the faith, and are not an attack from the outside.<br /><br />- I'm respectful of Cardinal Dolan personally, and compliment his ideas where I can.<br /><br />- I roll up my sleeves and hold no punches on issues like gay marriage. Here's an example:<br /><br />http://blog.archny.org/index.php/double-standard/<br /><br />So far, this approach seems to be working.<br /><br />I don't know if Cardinal Dolan reads the comments on his blog or not. <br /><br />However, we know his mods are reading every comment, and other readers may as well. While one of us may go unheard, a hundred of us could have an impact.<br /><br />As best I can tell, the vast majority of the comments on Cardinal Dolan's blog posts are from his supporters. Why don't we change that?<br /><br />Perhaps PCV might organize progressive Catholics to engage in regular responses to the highest ranking Catholic in the United States?<br /><br />See you there!<br /><br />Philhttp://catholic-talk.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-90066873577640333392012-10-12T21:26:02.646-05:002012-10-12T21:26:02.646-05:00Paula, I really like your first paragraph, especia...Paula, I really like your first paragraph, especially. For the Archbishop to focus on keeping us safe from our own democratic system is demeaning to that system. He is simply espousing populist thinking not based in logic. But, that has been the nature of the vote yes campaign from the beginning, inclusive of the DVD.Laura Ku tznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-78902583033229384562012-10-12T18:43:09.190-05:002012-10-12T18:43:09.190-05:00Can you give a reasoned response, Ray? Evidently ...Can you give a reasoned response, Ray? Evidently Minnesota civil marriage law does not require people to have babies. Evidently many Minnesota same-sex couples do have babies, biologically from one of the parents or adopted. How does your response justify the Archishop's position? Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00135199120788030871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-24493093195524654312012-10-12T16:23:36.832-05:002012-10-12T16:23:36.832-05:00Babies, Paula!Babies, Paula!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876502085465766394.post-90200541752043541252012-10-12T05:36:15.812-05:002012-10-12T05:36:15.812-05:00Wow, nice job Paula, very well written.
I'm u...Wow, nice job Paula, very well written.<br /><br />I'm unclear on how this works.<br /><br />Does the Bishop have the ability to do what you are asking? <br /><br />Do Bishops still have meaningful powers of their own, or is their role these days limited to passing along whatever has been decided in Rome? <br /><br />My impression, perhaps misinformed, is that if the Bishop were to publicly agree with you, he would be committing career suicide. <br /><br />Is that about right, or am I confused on this?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Philhttp://catholic-talk.orgnoreply@blogger.com