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		<title>By: DOROTHY CONWAY</title>
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		<dc:creator>DOROTHY CONWAY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>THANK YOU FATHER DOUG FOR SPEAKING OUT.  THESE NUNS ARE LIVING THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. I PRAY MORE OF THE CLERGY WILL HAVE THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW YOUR EXAMPLE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THANK YOU FATHER DOUG FOR SPEAKING OUT.  THESE NUNS ARE LIVING THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. I PRAY MORE OF THE CLERGY WILL HAVE THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW YOUR EXAMPLE.</p>
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		<title>By: Corinne DellaVilla</title>
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		<dc:creator>Corinne DellaVilla</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 04:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow!  Another apostate preacher.  There is nothing paternalistic about maintaining the docrines and dogmas of the church.

Do you follow the works of the Saints in our Catholic history?

Christ forgave the sinner, but NEVER the sin.  I agree that God is love, however, John Paul II warned us all about falling into the travesty of liberation theology.

Do you believe in the sanctity of life, or are you a Pro-choice catholic.  Note that I used the little c because you are attempting to overturn 2,000 years of Catholic teaching.

Religion is not an evolving proposition.  It is NOT a democracy and you can&#039;t just ignore what you don&#039;t like.

You can live your lives as you chose, but don&#039;t have the right to dictate what the church should teach about sin.

I do have one issue with the Catholic Church and that is the Bishops ignoring the apostate behavior of the likes of the Kennedy clan, Andrew Cuomo, Nancy Pelosi, Kathleen Sebelius, etal.  Note the similarities.  They are ALL Democrats.

Each one has tried to circumvent Catholic teaching.  The Kennedy alone have broken all 10 Commandments!

Ted Kennedy, however, must have realized that he needed some absolution from being part of the Senators sandwich, Chappaquidick, abortion, etc.  When Presiemt Obama met with the Pope he brought a letter from Ted.  The Pope stated that he should make his peace with God.  Granted, Ted was all for helping the poor?&quot;  Lets just say, as with Joe Biden, he was a little cheap with charitable giving.  He must have thought this was Rome of the Middle Ages where he could buy his way into heaven.  We all know that Jesus stated that a rich man getting into heaven is like a camel going through the eye of a needle.

Too many Bishops have looked the other way, to have the best seats at the table of the Democrat party.  Terence Cardinal Cooke was the annulment guru to Kennedy family.

I suggest you read the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska.  She was a nun in 1930&#039;s Poland who perpetuated the Divne Mercy Chaplet.  I am not sure that Father Doug is aware of her.  But, I suggest he read up on what she had to say through Jesus.  He referred to those Priests and Religious who would stray.

You cannot deny your total political agenda.  Jesus Christ spoke of many things beyond social justice.
From what I have seen of the liberal agenda there is no accountability.  We have a push for oil companies to use cellulosic ethanol within the next year.  One problem, that doesn&#039;t exist!  You might &quot;convert&quot; some people, but for must of us, what you are selling, we aren&#039;t buying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow!  Another apostate preacher.  There is nothing paternalistic about maintaining the docrines and dogmas of the church.</p>
<p>Do you follow the works of the Saints in our Catholic history?</p>
<p>Christ forgave the sinner, but NEVER the sin.  I agree that God is love, however, John Paul II warned us all about falling into the travesty of liberation theology.</p>
<p>Do you believe in the sanctity of life, or are you a Pro-choice catholic.  Note that I used the little c because you are attempting to overturn 2,000 years of Catholic teaching.</p>
<p>Religion is not an evolving proposition.  It is NOT a democracy and you can&#8217;t just ignore what you don&#8217;t like.</p>
<p>You can live your lives as you chose, but don&#8217;t have the right to dictate what the church should teach about sin.</p>
<p>I do have one issue with the Catholic Church and that is the Bishops ignoring the apostate behavior of the likes of the Kennedy clan, Andrew Cuomo, Nancy Pelosi, Kathleen Sebelius, etal.  Note the similarities.  They are ALL Democrats.</p>
<p>Each one has tried to circumvent Catholic teaching.  The Kennedy alone have broken all 10 Commandments!</p>
<p>Ted Kennedy, however, must have realized that he needed some absolution from being part of the Senators sandwich, Chappaquidick, abortion, etc.  When Presiemt Obama met with the Pope he brought a letter from Ted.  The Pope stated that he should make his peace with God.  Granted, Ted was all for helping the poor?&#8221;  Lets just say, as with Joe Biden, he was a little cheap with charitable giving.  He must have thought this was Rome of the Middle Ages where he could buy his way into heaven.  We all know that Jesus stated that a rich man getting into heaven is like a camel going through the eye of a needle.</p>
<p>Too many Bishops have looked the other way, to have the best seats at the table of the Democrat party.  Terence Cardinal Cooke was the annulment guru to Kennedy family.</p>
<p>I suggest you read the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska.  She was a nun in 1930&#8242;s Poland who perpetuated the Divne Mercy Chaplet.  I am not sure that Father Doug is aware of her.  But, I suggest he read up on what she had to say through Jesus.  He referred to those Priests and Religious who would stray.</p>
<p>You cannot deny your total political agenda.  Jesus Christ spoke of many things beyond social justice.<br />
From what I have seen of the liberal agenda there is no accountability.  We have a push for oil companies to use cellulosic ethanol within the next year.  One problem, that doesn&#8217;t exist!  You might &#8220;convert&#8221; some people, but for must of us, what you are selling, we aren&#8217;t buying.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr. C Birkington</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr. C Birkington</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By the way, we have 140,000 plus Seminarians. We are going through a vocation boom, so we don&#039;t need women or gays in the ministry. We have plenty of Priests today and will have even more in the years to come.

Just FYI, the more liberal churches are all dying out fast and they are all extremely old. So they are literally and figuratively dying out. They have the least amount of vocations, and they are less faithful and more relativistic. Conservative churches are busting at the seams with tons of faithful. They ate vibrant churches that conserve orthodoxy and orthopraxy.

You will know them by their fruit or lack of fruit. Only conservative churches grow because they are attached to the Vine who is Christ Jesus. They don&#039;t try to change the faith because Truth never changes.

Peace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way, we have 140,000 plus Seminarians. We are going through a vocation boom, so we don&#8217;t need women or gays in the ministry. We have plenty of Priests today and will have even more in the years to come.</p>
<p>Just FYI, the more liberal churches are all dying out fast and they are all extremely old. So they are literally and figuratively dying out. They have the least amount of vocations, and they are less faithful and more relativistic. Conservative churches are busting at the seams with tons of faithful. They ate vibrant churches that conserve orthodoxy and orthopraxy.</p>
<p>You will know them by their fruit or lack of fruit. Only conservative churches grow because they are attached to the Vine who is Christ Jesus. They don&#8217;t try to change the faith because Truth never changes.</p>
<p>Peace.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr. C Birkington</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr. C Birkington</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 03:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Nuns will either reform, leave or be thrown out.

Do they take wonderful care of the needy and poor?
Yes, and they do a fantastic job.

However, they are supposed to be Catholic Nuns not Episcopalians.
They must, despite good works, believe as we believe. If they won&#039;t reform their beliefs that abortion, gay marriage and women in ministry are right then they can leave the church. 

Good works without true faith will get you membership in all the liberal dying churches, but without the correct faith you will not inherit eternal life.

They Nuns need our prayers to return to orthodoxy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Nuns will either reform, leave or be thrown out.</p>
<p>Do they take wonderful care of the needy and poor?<br />
Yes, and they do a fantastic job.</p>
<p>However, they are supposed to be Catholic Nuns not Episcopalians.<br />
They must, despite good works, believe as we believe. If they won&#8217;t reform their beliefs that abortion, gay marriage and women in ministry are right then they can leave the church. </p>
<p>Good works without true faith will get you membership in all the liberal dying churches, but without the correct faith you will not inherit eternal life.</p>
<p>They Nuns need our prayers to return to orthodoxy.</p>
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		<title>By: Patti</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dennis Miller, hard to believe you&#039;re defending the Vatican while it&#039;s attacking sisters who are out there fighting on the front lines. Benedict is NOT a good shepherd--more accurate to call him a &quot;GERMAN Shepherd&quot;!!! It&#039;s ppl like you (and your German Shepherd) who are driving good ppl OUT of the Church. Shame on you!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dennis Miller, hard to believe you&#8217;re defending the Vatican while it&#8217;s attacking sisters who are out there fighting on the front lines. Benedict is NOT a good shepherd&#8211;more accurate to call him a &#8220;GERMAN Shepherd&#8221;!!! It&#8217;s ppl like you (and your German Shepherd) who are driving good ppl OUT of the Church. Shame on you!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Jeffrey Boyce</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Boyce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was a cradle Catholic and left when I found out that pedophiles were joining the seminaries. I have recently discovered the joy and non-judgemental sharing of Christ in the Episcopal Church. Oh yea, we have woman clergy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was a cradle Catholic and left when I found out that pedophiles were joining the seminaries. I have recently discovered the joy and non-judgemental sharing of Christ in the Episcopal Church. Oh yea, we have woman clergy.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We are living through a period when the Vatican seems intent on nullifying or reversing the guidance we received from Vatican II.  Change came too fast for too many bishops and now we suffer the consequences of their intransigence. The shortage of priests does not coincide with the huge vocations to the priesthood.  Women are often better prepared for priesthood than are men, yet so many Catholics think that having married (male) priests would solve the problem.  The problem is the failure to recognize the inherent qualities of both men and women for a priestly vocation, not chastity.  

The fear that the Vatican&#039;s message conveys should be a basis for our prayers to heal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are living through a period when the Vatican seems intent on nullifying or reversing the guidance we received from Vatican II.  Change came too fast for too many bishops and now we suffer the consequences of their intransigence. The shortage of priests does not coincide with the huge vocations to the priesthood.  Women are often better prepared for priesthood than are men, yet so many Catholics think that having married (male) priests would solve the problem.  The problem is the failure to recognize the inherent qualities of both men and women for a priestly vocation, not chastity.  </p>
<p>The fear that the Vatican&#8217;s message conveys should be a basis for our prayers to heal.</p>
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		<title>By: Dorothy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you Fr. Doug for your frank statement.  I agree totally with everything you said.  The many Nuns  I had as teachers growing up, as well as those I have become friends with today, are all strong, faith led women who see Christ in the least of us everyday.  Who could possibly see that as a bad thing?  Certainly not Jesus!
I believe this to be another way the vatican is seeking complete control over the faithful.  Vatican 11 taught us how to form a true conscience, this Vatican thinks we are not capable of thinking for ourselves.  Especially women!  They continue to seek control over women in the bedroom through birth control condemnation.  That approach does not work with Nuns, so they go after their &quot;radical actions&quot; of standing with the poor, oppressed, those incarcerated, abused, and those who have no voice.  Just the type of thing Jesus did.  He was indeed a &quot;radical&quot; in His time, and would be today.  He is the Gospel, these holy and brave women are simply living it.  And shouldn&#039;t we all?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you Fr. Doug for your frank statement.  I agree totally with everything you said.  The many Nuns  I had as teachers growing up, as well as those I have become friends with today, are all strong, faith led women who see Christ in the least of us everyday.  Who could possibly see that as a bad thing?  Certainly not Jesus!<br />
I believe this to be another way the vatican is seeking complete control over the faithful.  Vatican 11 taught us how to form a true conscience, this Vatican thinks we are not capable of thinking for ourselves.  Especially women!  They continue to seek control over women in the bedroom through birth control condemnation.  That approach does not work with Nuns, so they go after their &#8220;radical actions&#8221; of standing with the poor, oppressed, those incarcerated, abused, and those who have no voice.  Just the type of thing Jesus did.  He was indeed a &#8220;radical&#8221; in His time, and would be today.  He is the Gospel, these holy and brave women are simply living it.  And shouldn&#8217;t we all?</p>
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		<title>By: JCF</title>
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		<dc:creator>JCF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t believe just HOW AWESOME this &quot;From the Desk&quot; memo is. That, brothers &amp; sisters, is the Gospel!

Thank you, Fr Doug! May you prosper in (by way of changing) the RCC, but if not: &quot;the Episcopal Church Welcomes You&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t believe just HOW AWESOME this &#8220;From the Desk&#8221; memo is. That, brothers &amp; sisters, is the Gospel!</p>
<p>Thank you, Fr Doug! May you prosper in (by way of changing) the RCC, but if not: &#8220;the Episcopal Church Welcomes You&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Mary beth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mary beth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you Fr. Doug. Finally someone says what&#039;s in my heart. I love my faith. It&#039;s only my faith, not the religion prescribed by the Vatican, that keeps me Catholic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you Fr. Doug. Finally someone says what&#8217;s in my heart. I love my faith. It&#8217;s only my faith, not the religion prescribed by the Vatican, that keeps me Catholic.</p>
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