Catholic church not in favour of 'naming and shaming' deserters

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Wednesday 09 January 2013

Plans by a Catholic priest to publicly display the names and photographs of people who are formally leaving the church are 'undesirable and not allowed in law', church officials say.

Tilburg minister Harm Schilder said he wanted to pin the photographs in the doorway of his parish church. This, says Schilder, 'will allow the congregation to pray for them and perhaps convince them to stay'.

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people leaving the Catholic church since the pope condemned gay marriage last month.

Prayer

Schilder says he is not planning to 'name and shame' people leaving the church but that prayer is the only option open to try and change things.

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/01/catholic_church_not_in_favour.php

This would hardly be complete without posting his picture.

[mykpart]

1. It's not necessary to know someone's name

or what they look like in order to pray for them. Plus, many people who leave the Church would welcome to publicity as an opportunity to express their criticism. That's not a bad idea, but probably not what the priest intends.

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2. Excellent points.

[47of74]

3. Hell, I'd probably give the guy a 20x30 poster of me to hang up at his church...

I'd be like you wanna put up a picture of me for leaving, let's do this right.