A group calling themselves the
Voice of the Feeneyites (VOTF) have chained themselves to the pews of a Catholic
Church in Massachusetts. The spokesman for VOTF, Brother Yul B. Dammed, has
stated that they have split from the Saint Benedict Center because of their
liberal interpretation of Pope Eugene IV Bull Cantate Domino that outside
of the Catholic Church their is no salvation. The group claims that only those
who are physically inside of a Catholic Church will be saved and that those who
go outside of a Catholic Church have lost their salvation. A statement from
their spokeman reads “At the beginning of the Church they held Mass and were
buried in the catacombs. The saints and many clerics have been buried in the
church, so obviously they knew from apostolic tradition the true meaning of “no
salvation outside of the Catholic Church”. The new Cathedral in LA allows people
to be buried in the Cathedral so obviously Cardinal Mahoney realizes the true
meaning of this doctrine. We only want what is our right, to live and die in a
church and thus gain our salvation”. I contacted Brother Hugh Bris of the Saint
Benedict Center for an official statement, he replied “VOTF is a lunatic-fringe
group, obviously having such a narrow and rigorous view of this doctrine is
ridiculous.
