Excommunication of dissenters.Lincoln, NE -- In March 1996, Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz Bishop Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz (born September 6, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln in the U.S. state of Nebraska. He has held that post since 1992. of Lincoln, NE, ordered Catholics in his Nebraska diocese to sever ties to 12 groups hostile to the Catholic faith, including several Masonic organizations and abortion=rights groups such as "Catholics for a Free Choice Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) is a pro-choice political organization whose founders hold the belief that "the Catholic tradition supports a woman's moral and legal right to follow her conscience in matters of sexuality and reproductive health. " and "Call to Action"--or face excommunication excommunication, formal expulsion from a religious body, the most grave of all ecclesiastical censures. Where religious and social communities are nearly identical it is attended by social ostracism, as in the case of Baruch Spinoza, excommunicated by the Jews. . His threatened excommunication order was put on hold while it was appealed to Rome. On March 4, 2005, the diocese confirmed that the appeal had been rejected by the Holy See. At least one American canon lawyer, Monsignor Kenneth Lasch (retired) claimed that the excommunication "is against the whole spirit of Church law." He said that he was not aware of a mass excommunication ever being carried out in the U.S. and said: "I really think it's a stretch to impose such a penalty. It borders on scare tactics For the political strategy, see Tactical politics Scare Tactics is a reality show on the Sci-Fi Channel which began airing April 2003. It last aired on January 1, 2006. It is produced by Hallock & Healey Entertainment. In Canada, it is broadcast on Razer. " (Lifesitenews, March 9, 2005). Comment It is a puzzle why the Monsignor thinks that the Church has no right to defend herself against Catholics who with full knowledge and deliberation continue to publicly deny Catholic teaching. There seems to be a large group of bishops who, like the Monsignor, will not hear of invoking Canon Law canon law, in the Roman Catholic Church, the body of law based on the legislation of the councils (both ecumenical and local) and the popes, as well as the bishops (for diocesan matters). against Catholics who publicly mock Church moral teaching. |
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