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Eugene

(61,919 posts) Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:07 AM Jun 2012

Vatican attacks popular U.S. nun over sexuality book

Source: Reuters

Vatican attacks popular U.S. nun over sexuality book

By Philip Pullella

VATICAN CITY | Mon Jun 4, 2012 9:58am EDT

(Reuters) - The Vatican criticized a popular American nun on Monday, saying her book on sexual ethics, including topics such as masturbation and homosexuality, contradicted Catholic teaching and must not be used by Catholic educators.

The Vatican's doctrinal department, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a stern "notification" about Sister Margaret A. Farley, a member of the Sisters of Mercy and a professor emeritus of Christian ethics at Yale University.

The Congregation sharply criticized Farley, saying her writings manifest a "defective understanding of the objective nature of natural moral law".

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Monday's notification, signed by department head Cardinal William Levada, an American, and approved by Pope Benedict, sharply criticized Farley's award-winning 2006 book "Just Love, a Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics".

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Vatican attacks popular U.S. nun over sexuality book (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2012 OP

The Catholic Church is already back wards enough Drale Jun 2012 #1

"the objective nature of natural moral law" ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #2

Here's their point-man on that topic: patrice Jun 2012 #4

His arguments would be very, very easy to destroy in a fair college debate. nt ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #6

I completely agree!!! Too bad that won't happen, but . . . patrice Jun 2012 #7

WISH!!! The Occupy or Bill Maher or someone would set one of those up!! patrice Jun 2012 #9

K&R and Shared. patrice Jun 2012 #3

"Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics" HockeyMom Jun 2012 #5

That may be a purposeful reference to intersections between the two groups. See my link re patrice Jun 2012 #8

Well, she WAS teaching at Yale's Div school, not a Catholic institution... CTyankee Jun 2012 #12

Go, Ratzi, Go! Bad Thoughts Jun 2012 #10

Right move Paul J.D. Jones Jun 2012 #11

Drale

(7,932 posts)

1. The Catholic Church is already back wards enough

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:09 AM

Jun 2012

but with Pope Hitler its become 1000% worst.

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

2. "the objective nature of natural moral law"

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:10 AM

Jun 2012

The RCC is bat-shit crazy.

patrice

(47,992 posts)

4. Here's their point-man on that topic:

Reply to ZombieHorde (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:14 AM

Jun 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/magazine/20george-t.html?pagewanted=all

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

6. His arguments would be very, very easy to destroy in a fair college debate. nt

Reply to patrice (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:31 AM

Jun 2012

patrice

(47,992 posts)

7. I completely agree!!! Too bad that won't happen, but . . .

Reply to ZombieHorde (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:42 AM

Jun 2012

I think we CAN work on that anyway.

patrice

(47,992 posts)

9. WISH!!! The Occupy or Bill Maher or someone would set one of those up!!

Reply to ZombieHorde (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:52 AM

Jun 2012

patrice

(47,992 posts)

3. K&R and Shared.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:12 AM

Jun 2012

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)

5. "Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics"

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:19 AM

Jun 2012

She didn't say CATHOLIC. Maybe that was on purpose?

patrice

(47,992 posts)

8. That may be a purposeful reference to intersections between the two groups. See my link re

Reply to HockeyMom (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:49 AM

Jun 2012

Robert P. George piece in the NYTs above.

Some of us out here amongst grassroots are wondering how synergy between the RC church and Evangelicals was created and, thus, produced political support for Bush's War, especially in 2004. The deal had to have been about anti-Women's Choice positions on SCOTUS, but those philosophical assumptions are now being extended to oppression of LGBT Civil Rights.

I think one of the important points we may see rise out of this is: Exactly WHAT is Catholic Dogma on these issues. None of this stuff is in my reading of The Nicene Creed.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

12. Well, she WAS teaching at Yale's Div school, not a Catholic institution...

Reply to HockeyMom (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 9, 2012, 08:09 PM

Jun 2012

I have a friend who had her as her faculty adviser when she was getting her Masters at the Div School. She is an Episcopalian.

And I believe that the Yale Divinity School was founded by Congregationalists...

Bad Thoughts

(2,525 posts)

10. Go, Ratzi, Go!

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:54 AM

Jun 2012

I am curious to see how far the Vatican will take this. They must know that they can't win out over nuns, who look more like everyone's favorite grandmas that do the priesthood.

Paul J.D. Jones

(11 posts)

11. Right move

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:38 PM

Jun 2012

I think it is about time that the Catholic Church gets it act together.

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