From the NY Times:
"VATICAN CITY In an extraordinary bid to lure traditionalist Anglicans en masse, the Vatican on Tuesday announced that it would make it easier for Anglicans who are uncomfortable with their churchs acceptance of women priests and openly gay bishops to join the Roman Catholic Church."
I hope the Anglicans will return the favor by inviting forward-thinking Catholics to join the Episcopal Church.
Good, group them all together and let the bunch of them die out in one archaic belief system.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
It is not for nothing that Episcopalians are known as Catholics who can read.
Granting asylum to Anglican bigots sounds like a rather unsurprising, if desperate, move to try and boost membership. I know Catholicism in Spain has had a sharp decline in the last decade and many consider the Vatican to be laughably archaic. The Catholic church in Spain is starting to be considered more of a cultural staple than a respected form of religion, especially from the Gen X and younger.
But...doesnt he know about Jonathan Groff?
When did we land back in the Counter-Reformation?
If it's Tuesday, this must be the Inquisition.
I found myself spending the night at a local vicarage recently when the (female) vicar was away but her (gay) brother was house-sitting.
Wandering around the kitchen the next morning I spotted this on the wall
http://www.calendarioromano.co.uk/
and immediately thought of the line from Cabaret:
"Each and every one a virgin..."
I made this remark to my host who just looked at me as though I was completely stupid.
I love the one with the MacBook. Bad photos of pretty men. What a waste!
Well, if there must be an Inquisition, it really should be set to music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5McSEU48Y8
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
Those priests are all so pretty. I bet they were all raped a lot when they were altar boys.
Brian, you totally read my mind lol
Scripps, so I guess that's their version of the "Firemen" calendar?
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/08
Those priests are all so pretty. I bet they were all raped a lot when they were altar boys.
Hey now Phyllis, you know the rules dammit. Say 4 "Hail Mary's", take your settlement money and keep your mouth shut. Gosh.
There's something very fay about a priest with that much Bed Head product in his hair. Although this one looks like he'll Ed Gein you once you're in the rectory. Creepy.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
When I was young, I was always afraid to see the rectory. Though I did go up the apse a few times.
Did you ever, perhaps, collapse in that apse?
So .... to sum up the Vatican's thinking ...... you don't have to believe what we believe, simply hate the same people we hate.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
And people wonder why former catholics go apoplectic at the mention of the church.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
I'm wondering why the current catholics don't go apoplectic at the mention of that church of theirs.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
Because they don't want to burn in hell!
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