[Magdalen] German RC bishop speaks boldly

[Jay Weigel]

B16 is German, but *hardly* progressive! I see him as pretty far right, in
fact.

On Friday, October 9, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > It is interesting to see that Europe is more 'progressive' on these
> issues
> > than the U.S. is now. I must say that as things unfolded in my childhood,
> > this issue of divorced/remarried people played heavily in my reasons for
> > leaving the church in my late teens, and in an immature sense, granted,
> not
> > believing in a God with the kind of 'rules' that existed in regard to
> > divorced/remarried people. The irony is that over the last 40-50 years
> many
> > RC have chosen to do what they want, or in some parishes even being
> > counseled to act in ways not 'allowed' by 'the church'.... which as a
> teen
> > 50 years ago, further confused my anger and disbelief/doubt.
>
> German and Austrian bishops seem more progressive; in the USA, I think
> John Paul and Benedict made more conservative choices for new bishops.
> One would think Benedict would have done so in the German-speaking
> countries, but maybe he didn't have a chance. Some of the really
> conservative RC sites keeping watch for what they considered heresy or
> other outrages seemed to focus on Germany and Austria.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>