[Magdalen] German RC bishop speaks boldly

[Scott Knitter]

Yes...I thought he would have made the german speaking episcopate reflect
his view of things. Good that he didn't.
On Oct 9, 2015 2:34 PM, "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
>