Vatikanens kommande nye statssekreterare ärkebiskop Parolin säger i en intervju i tidningen El Universal i Venezuela att ”traditionen med prästcelibat inte är en dogm eller av gudomligt ursprung och därför är öppet för diskussion. ”
” He went on to note that while the church is not a democratic institution, it needs to ”reflect the democratic spirit of the times and adopt a collegial way of governing.”
Canon 277 of the Vatican legal code states, ”Clerics are obliged to observe perfect and perpetual continence for the sake of the kingdom of heaven and therefore are bound to celibacy which is a special gift of God by which sacred ministers can adhere more easily to Christ with an undivided heart and are able to dedicate themselves more freely to the service of God and humanity.”
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/parolin-celibacy-democracy
// Irène
PS Förstår jag saken rätt att Gud ångrat sig och funderar på att ta tillbaka sin unika gåva med obligatoriskt celibat till sina speciellt utvalda präster inom katolska kyrkan …………?
Kan resultatet bli att katolska präster i framtiden kommer att TVINGAS till FRIVILLIGT celibat……..?
Irène.
Jag vet inte om du fått det här brevet från CCReform avsett att undertecknas senast den 18 sept av världens reformvänner och sedan skickas till påven och hans åttamannaråd inför oktobermötet?
Letter to Pope Francis:
His Holiness, Pope Francis
Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, President of the Vatican City state administration
Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, Retired Archbishop of Santiago, Chile
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai, India
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo
Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston
Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
September xx, 2013
Re: Request for this to be placed on the advisory council meeting agenda, October 1-3, 2013: Acknowledgement of the rights and responsibilities of the baptized faithful to have an effective voice in the decision-making of our Church.
Dear Pope Francis and Brother Cardinals:
It is out of a deep concern for the Catholic Church, in the face of its many crises, that we, representing millions of Catholics from around the world, have collaborated in writing this letter. We are filled with hope that church governance will be discussed at your October meeting and we respectfully request that you give primary consideration to acknowledging the rights and responsibilities of the baptized to have a voice of influence in the decision-making of our Church.
Like you, we have experienced the catastrophic loss of trust in our Church, arising from the global revelations of Catholic clergy sexual abuse and hierarchical cover up. Abuses of power at the Vatican bank, as well as damaging disrespect and marginalization experienced by the laity, have caused many of our sisters and brothers to abandon Catholicism altogether. Our Church seems unable to read the signs of the times and so ”handing on the faith” to future generations has become ever more challenging.
In our understanding, what lies at the root of many of these problems is the destructive effects of clericalism. We support your desire, Pope Francis, to rid our Church of clericalism in order that we become a community of equals called, through our baptism, to live and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus. All Catholics have the right, innately deriving from our baptism, to have an effective and deliberative voice in the decision-making of our Church. The full participation of the faith community is in accordance with the Gospel, the tradition of the early Church, and the vision of Vatican II.
To this end we have outlined five areas that reflect the hopes and needs of the sensus fidei:
1. A Church that embodies the radical hospitality of Jesus in the world
We are inspired, Pope Francis, by your compassion for the poor and desire for social justice as well as your personal commitment to live more simply. We want to work, as sisters and brothers, to build communities free from oppression, violence, hunger, poverty and the degradation of God’s creation. But our commitment to justice is compromised and often viewed as hypocritical because injustice exists within the Church itself. We hope for a time when all Catholics come to experience a joyfully renewed church that truly places hospitality and respect for the dignity and equality of every person at the heart of its lived mission.
2. A Church that welcomes open dialogue among its members
When speaking in Brazil, Pope Francis, you advised that ”dialogue, dialogue, dialogue” is a cornerstone of all human progress, and we agree. The freedom of expression (including faithful dissent when required), freedom of reasoned inquiry, and the primacy of an informed conscience are vital to the health of our Church. We believe that prophetic women and men are continually calling us to engage the urgent theological, pastoral, social and environmental questions of our time in new and inspiring ways. In this light, we recommend reinstating theologians, clergy and religious who, since Vatican II, have been censored and/or sanctioned for following their conscience. Secondly, as has been expressed by so many Catholics around the world, we believe that the Apostolic Visitation of US Women Religious and the investigation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious was unwarranted and unjust. Open dialogue cannot exist where fear of punitive action exists.
3. A Church that recognizes the fundamental equality of its members
Catholic teaching tells us that all persons have been created with equal dignity in the image of God. Therefore church structures must reflect this reality. Since all governance in the Church now rests exclusively with ordained male celibate priests, this excludes the vast majority of baptized Catholics. Therefore we recommend a canonical study of the feasibility of linking church governance to baptism rather than to ordination. With regard to ordained ministry, we recommend that identifying the call be based on individual and communal discernment of the candidate’s gifts, spirituality, pastoral sense, and theological formation, rather than gender, sexual orientation, or state in life. We reject the sexist exclusion of women from full participation at all levels of the Church. Equally, it is unacceptable to deny our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters access to full participation in every aspect of Church life and ministry. And it is unjust to ordain married male ministers from other denominations, while refusing to accept lifelong Catholic priests who have left the active ministry to marry.
4. A Church with greater participation of the baptized in governance:
Addressing the needs of our Church requires implementing collegial systems and structures based on:
i) participation of the faithful in the selection and tenure of bishops
ii) reinstatement of the principle of subsidiarity in parish councils, diocesan pastoral councils, and national conferences of bishops
iii) inclusion of qualified lay men and women serving in leadership positions in the Curia
Implementation of collegial structures will promote a culture of accountable servant leadership that more fully orients the Church toward the common good.
5. A Church that effectively confronts and prevents sexual abuse
The scandal of clergy sexual abuse can only be overcome when the bishops who facilitate or ignore the abuse are removed from office and brought to justice by church and civil authorities with universal, binding protocols established and implemented. The Catholic Church must earnestly examine the complex of systemic causes that have led to this scandal of global proportions and do everything in its power to prevent it in the future.
In closing, we ask you once again to recognize the rights and responsibilities of the baptized to participate in the deliberative decision-making of our Church. We offer to send a delegation to the Vatican to further discuss our proposal. We look forward to your reply as, together, we continue this important dialogue for the good of our church. We pray the wisdom of the Holy Spirit be upon you and your deliberations.
Your sisters and brothers in Christ,
[Signatures of every participating organization and individual]
CC: Monsignor Marcello Semeraro, Bishop of Albano, panel secretary
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President, Pontifical Council for Culture
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, U.S. Apostolic Nuncio
Signers of the Letter:
The signers will be the names of all participating organizations. Therefore we will need the name of your reform group accompanied by the details outlined below. Individuals not associated with a group are also welcomed to sign.
Samuel
Jättebra att du påminner…….Det kan inte göras nog många gånger……med tanke på att den officiella katolska kyrkan i Stockholms katolska stift inte har som ambition att vilja sprida information till katoliker i Sverige om vad som pågår därute bland reformrörelser i den universella kyrkan ……….
Ambitionen är TVÄRTOM att mörka allt för svenska katoliker som pekar på att det VISST är KATOLSKT i den universella kyrkan att offentligt önska reformer av det slag som KV Manifest……..
http://www.katolskvision.se/blog/?p=9834
http://www.katolskvision.se/blog/?p=10357
// Irène
Läs gärna nedanstående blogg i frågan som detta inlägg tar upp:
http://aletheia.se/2013/09/13/vatikanen-oppen-for-omprovning-av-celibatkrav/
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