Dissent, glorious dissent has its limits?

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Vatican just doing its job in re: U.S. nuns under fire, says St. Louis columnist:

Both the Vaticans proposed reform of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and its rebuke of a controversial book written by the theologian Sister Margaret Farley are targeted critiques intended to fulfill one of the Catholic hierarchys most vital functions: defense of the deposit of faith. That defense necessarily entails public clarification about what does and does not constitute authentic Catholic teaching.

Question is whether bishops should ignore what violates teaching. Name me the organization that lets important stuff pass, and you name one in decline.

Dissent can never get out of hand? Yes?  No? As Cardinal George told a breakfast audience at the Union League Club weeks ago in connection with the HHS mandate, it’s a matter of one’s identity. He called the mandate identity theft. Sounds right.

Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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  1. Sr.Janet Mock doesn’t realize that the LCWR sisters are confused on Vatican Council II and the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.

    Sister Janet Mock, executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) acknowledges that a few sisters have moved so far outside church tradition that it’s difficult to recognize them as Catholic. But the Leadership Conference of Women Religious she said didn’t encourage that.

    “Somebody, and we don’t know who, is behind all of this questioning of our organization,” she said. “If we could just sit down with whoever has a question, I think it would be easier. This comes close to maligning the organization, painting everybody in it with the same brush.” (1)

    I have been sending her these blog posts hoping she will tell me what they believe is the Church’s doctrinal teachings on this subject i.e the issue of exclusive salvation being there in only the Catholic Church and there are no known cases in 2012 of non Catholics saved in invincible ignorance, the baptism of desire, a good conscience (LG 16) and ‘seeds of the word'(Vatican Council II)

    As part of ‘the church tradition’ which she accepts, does she accept Ad Gentes 7,Vatican Council II which states all need Catholic Faith and the baptism of water for salvation ( to avoid Hell) ?.-Lionel Andrades
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    http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/nuns-leader-seeks-dialogue-with-vatican-to-plead-case-639727/

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