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Saturday, October 24, 2009

The Politics of Rome

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"For more than 500 years the Church of England has united people of radically different back grounds - on the one hand evangelical Protestants, and on the other hand clergy who are much more sympathetic to the Catholics Church. If many of these -Catholic-minded clergy take up the Pope's offer, it could alter the church's character forever."
( This one's not about 'gay' priests or 'Gay Marriage' : female bishops are the current 'bone of contention'. Invitation from Pope to 'convert to Catholicism' is interesting wording. The Church of England describes itself as being The Holy Catholic Church. I've been at park summer services years back when 15-20 minutes would pass before embarrassed visitors realized they were in the 'other' church. 
And what is the  bishopric ? Institutional politics and authority.
What about working conditions for clergy considering a change ? The Church of England  has married priests who make a lot more money than R.C. priests : though for university grads and compared to many other faiths still woefully underpaid.
Any stampede of clergy will have to consider those shortcomings : blatant and  basic differences in staffing policy.
Think human nature and needs  are so different when one wears a collar backwards ? The 'stampede' is most likely just so much wind.)


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