Comments on: Canadian Bishops Duke It Out: D&P Now On The Rack

By: QB400

QB400 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:21:54 +0000

Once again the CCCB and the heirarchy of the Roman Catholic Church activley supports promoting a culture of death while it claims to be promoting a culture of life. For some bishops to be frightened to educate parishioners about the huge sea change in the direction of our Canadian Development Assistance which is already costing so many their lives around this world because it might cause division within parishes or communities – doesn’t hold water and is not being a disciple of Jesus the Nazarene. I can’t help but wonder what the payoff is some of the bishops are hoping for from this current governing party.

By: Tout

Tout — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:31:36 +0000

I really have a low idea about our bishops. The Winnipeg Statement shows how deep they have fallen, and refusing to admit that they were wrong openly shows how small they are. I don’t expect them to come out and pray in the street, like I do at a Mary-statue downtown. But they should have the courage to admit, they did wrong. They seem to be a bunch of friends who hang together. And please, make it possible to read the words that we have to copy !!

By: Squeaker

Squeaker — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:05:48 +0000

Wow! Shocker!

That education campaign must have been awful if the bishops pulled the plug.

The CR raises a good point:

The appearance that the bishops are divided or opposed to Development and Peace has become a challenge for parish groups, said Kennedy. And the idea that the bishops’ conference did not inform its own standing committee will be even more confusing.

“The bishops set up these avenues through which both they and Development and Peace would work and all of a sudden that gets over-ridden. That’s disturbing,” he said. “What’s the point of having them if they’re not going to be used.”

Looks like the bureaucratic structures established by the CCCB are not agile and nimble enough to deal with problems as they arise.