{"id":5058,"date":"2006-02-27T09:35:54","date_gmt":"2006-02-27T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2006\/02\/27\/same-old-same-old\/"},"modified":"2006-02-27T09:35:54","modified_gmt":"2006-02-27T14:35:54","slug":"same-old-same-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2006\/02\/same-old-same-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Same old, same old"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONTREAL — In an unusual public dissent with their leaders, 19 Quebec Roman Catholic priests published yesterday an open letter taking issue with the church’s opposition to both same-sex marriage and the ordination of active gays into the priesthood.<\/p>\n

Does the church "have the last word on the mysteries of political, social, family and sexual life?" the 980-word letter asks. "In these matters, the official teaching of the Church has shown itself more than once to be wrong."<\/p>\n

One of the authors, Father Claude Lefebvre of the Saint-Étienne parish in Montreal, said the letter stemmed from a discussion group of Quebec priests who felt uneasy about the church’s official discourse.<\/p>\n

"We don’t want people to believe that everyone within the church thinks the same way," he said in an interview.
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Well at least this puts them out in the open and you only wonder if thier bishop will do anything about it. The majority of priests that signed a similar letter in the Diocese of Phoenix last year are no longer in ministry, though I would be surprised to see that happen here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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