{"id":47629,"date":"2013-10-19T00:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T07:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=47629"},"modified":"2014-12-29T20:59:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T03:59:32","slug":"reactionary-successfully-defends-church-from-wounded-sinner-seeking-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/10\/reactionary-successfully-defends-church-from-wounded-sinner-seeking-god.html","title":{"rendered":"Reactionary Layman Successfully Defends Church from Wounded Sinner Seeking God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

From Terry Nelson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

[W]hile he was Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Cardinal Burke permitted a transgendered woman to begin a religious community, or pious association of the faithful.\u00a0 As Bishop, Burke said he did so in consultation with the Holy See.\u00a0 A concerned lay woman, went over the Bishop\u2019s head and complained to the Vatican.\u00a0 As a result, the community was disbanded.<\/p>\n

In a letter, Bishop Burke responded to the complaint, writing:<\/p>\n

\u201cWith regard to Sister Julie Green, F.S.J., the recognition of the association of the faithful which she and Sister Anne LeBlanc founded was granted only after consultation with the Holy See,\u201d he writes. \u201cThese are matters which are confidential and do not admit of any further comment\u2026. I can assure you that Sister Julie Green in no way espouses a sex change operation as right or good. In fact, she holds it to be seriously disordered. Therefore, I caution you very much about the rash judgments which you made in your letter to the Apostolic Nuncio.\u201d \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n

Although the woman could not continue as a woman religious, she was obviously admitted-accepted in the Church, and I believe she remains a faithful Catholic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A reader then corrects him.\u00a0 Apparently, thanks to the vigilance of the Reactionary Pharisee who attacked Burke and Green and made sure her efforts to serve the Church were destroyed and she felt ostracized, Green\u2019s left the Church and is in declining health.\u00a0 Way to go, Reactionaries!\u00a0Here\u2019s your millstone.\u00a0 Thanks for\u00a0guarding us against the\u00a0laxity of flaming\u00a0liberals like Burke and driving those\u00a0weak and damaged people away lest they be saved and screw up your perfect little fortress.\u00a0More evidence that Reactionaries hate evangelism and loathe the Church\u2019s missionary imperative.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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