Fr. Barron comments on The Vatican Investigation of American Nuns

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[MobiusCoin]

Starting to sound like an Inquisitor there, father.

[wordonfirevideo]

@MobiusCoin Oh yeah, I have the bonfire cooking up now and the pincers ready to apply. Come on: I raise an objection about a Catholic nun saying it's okay to move beyond Jesus and I'm an inquisitor!

[dhargetezan]

Father, isn't this essentially a census that they are performing to see the size and movement of women religious? I guess that I am unsure what the actual investigation is. Because if it is in fact such a census, then wouldn't such a provocative reaction be because she is actually embarrassed about the condition of her order. i.e. the fact that her order is dwindling and those she attacks are growing?

[wordonfirevideo]

Well, I'm not sure what you mean by "census" here. I think they're trying to find out whether women's religious communities are faithful to the Gospel.

[zztestenglish]

The best known nun is former olympic speed skater Kirstin Holum who sacrificed her career to serve the poor

[jimaroo100]

This kind of wacky thinking is very common in the communities who are members of the Leadership Conference. That is why the faithful communities formed their own small conference called the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious.

CMSWR = HABITS, COMMON PRAYER LIFE, LIVING IN COMMUNITY, SUPERIORS

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE has none of that but plenty of new age , earth worship, witchcraft and enneagrams.

Take your pick

[gabrielux100]

true that father, there is nothing better beyond Jesus and his mystical body. The church, catholic, posseses the fullness of faith of truth and of knowledge.

"In Hoc Signo Vinces"

[magalahi02]

in the first weekend of September 2009, there was a gathering of Franciscans in the San Francisco Bay area. Several brothers of my community went, I however did not. When they came back I was dumbstruck to hear of a religious sister who went on about the Mayan 2010 prophecy, planetary alignment and all sorts of new age philosophies as though to promote them. She wasn't just sharing her opinion at the table, she was a speaker at the podium. So right as you said Father, Houston, we have a problem!

[IoannesBellator]

@wordonfirevideo

Not necessarily a bad thing, being an inquisitor. ...Just saying, father.

[Drasai]

Kudos for the great shot of St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney at 4:35

[oracleofaltoona]

@GreenGold33 I replied to this comment in another box. Just redirecting you 2 it because I don't know how youtube actually posts it. I see UR point about Y the Church is enforcing its views. (It is slightly condescending 4 U 2 say that I am wrong because I do not understand, BTW.) There will always B friction, conflict with change of any sort. And change is inevitable. The Church wants 2 control change. And 2 certain extent, it can channel it I suppose.I C nothing inherently wrong in that effort

[oracleofaltoona]

I glanced at Laurie Brink's talk and her definition of "sojourning". And yes, I can see why the Church is threatened by that. If the Church wants to come down hard on anyone who would dare 2 sojourn, they will do so 2 protect the Church's integrity; 2 the point that, If they R successful in that self-protection, the Church will become a static institution. And static instituions are not living institutions. So no, GreenGold, I do understand the Church's POV here. And I disagree with it..

[GreenGold33]

@oracleofaltoona Spiritual exploration is necessary in my opinion, but I don't think you understand the situation from the Church's point of view. As Father Barron explains, Jesus is not just a religious figure to the Church. He is God incarnate. That's an essential premise for all Christianity. Saying that you want to understand other religions and philosophies is different than saying that the basic premise of your own religion is nonessential.

[etspiritu]

The Church that Jesus Christ founded needs to be accountable to God on what activities are going on in His church, just as Paul would visit the Romans, the Corinthians, etc. to see how Jesus was being preached and to make sure that there was nothing going on that was contrary to Christ's teaching.

We have such a huge church that I can imagine all kinds of falsehoods are being taught with no accountability to anyone because no one is checking up on them, and to go beyond Jesus is Heretic.