Progressive Catholics push for church changes during Detroit conference

[SpartanDem]

Detroit — Catholics from across the country are calling for change in the Catholic Church during a three-day conference this weekend in Detroit.

More than 2,000 people have already shown up at Cobo Center for the American Catholic Council to discuss their push for changes in the church such as allowing priests to marry and increasing the role of women in the Church. The conference began Friday evening and will end Sunday with Mass.

The goal is to inspire people to take what they learn back to their churches, friends and neighbors, said Janet Hauter, chairwoman for the event.


From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110611/LIFESTYLE04/106110385/Progressive-Catholics-push-for-church-changes-during-Detroit-conference#ixzz1P1wLm59a

[white_wolf]

1. I wish them luck

but I doubt any of those changes will be enacted while Benedict XVI is pope. He is very conservative, likely moreso than John Paul II.

[RKP5637]

2. IMO most religions need to get into the 21st century and drop a lot of the

old ways from ancient times. First priority would be dropping bigotry.

[customerserviceguy]

3. It's not that religions need to drop their outdated beliefs

It's a matter of people being intelligent enough to drop religion.

[RKP5637]

4. Now that I vote strongly for!!!

:toast: :yourock: :toast:

[pnwmom]

5. That's what Ayn Rand thought, too. It's funny how so-called

conservative Christians are pushing her anti-Christian "morality" these days.

[customerserviceguy]

6. They're only aware

of what their leaders tell them she said. Hell, I tried reading "Atlas Shrugged" just so I could discuss it intelligently.

Bored the hell out of me within one chapter.

[pnwmom]

7. Paul Ryan makes all his staffers read it. What torture. n/t

[customerserviceguy]

9. Which one?

Reading the book, or being a staffer of Paul Ryan's?

[murphyj87]

8. I had a friend....

I had a friend who left the Catholic priesthood to get married and then became an Anglican priest. He was one of the best choir directors around and the Catholic Church lost that talent to the Anglican Church.

My experience suggests that the American Catholic Church is 30 or 40 years behind the Canadian Catholic Church just as many Americans are 30 or 40 years behind Canadians in general, based on the few US Catholic churches I have attended.