Msgr. Schonenbach. (Updates).In Toronto the remarkable thing is that Manning continues to teach in the Catholic school system. Neither bishops nor trustees seem willing to take action. Meanwhile, the secretary-general of the Conference of Bishops in Ottawa, Msgr. Peter Schonenbach, was heard to comment on TV, and in the newspapers as having said: "It's a free country. They can do what they want." As the Globe put it: "Father Schonenbach, known for his candour candour or US candor Noun honesty and straightforwardness of speech or behaviour [Latin candor] Noun 1. , said: 'The church is stuck with its position on this. He said the issue has been difficult for the global church, which embraces different social viewpoints; he likened it to Pope Paul Pope Paul has been the name of six Roman Catholic Popes:
Comment: Was this put down of the Church's moral teaching his personal opinion only? Yes and no. No, because other CCCB CCCB Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops CCCB Central Christian College of the Bible (Missouri) CCCB Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) CCCB Child Care Choices of Boston staff, past and present, some of them now bishops, have uttered similar views, reducing solemn sol·emn adj. 1. Deeply earnest, serious, and sober. 2. Somberly or gravely impressive. See Synonyms at serious. 3. Performed with full ceremony: a solemn High Mass. 4. moral Church's teaching for everybody to be just the singular SINGULAR, construction. In grammar the singular is used to express only one, not plural. Johnson. 2. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. private view of one or other Pope. For those who would like to contact Msgr. Schonenbach write: 90 Parent Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1N 7B1 Fax(613)241-8117, e-mail <ccc@cccb.ca>. (+) |
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