It is an “unnecessary and perhaps unjustified intrusion” on teachers' rights and academic freedom, said Paul Knitter, a Xavier University theology professor.
When Mel Gibson's atonement-friendly and doctrine-heavy The Passion of the Christ was released, they sniffed.
"At worst, the film may suggest a sadistic theology of a punitive God who is appeased by the unspeakable torments of His Son."
I'm 'thinking that if our next shepherd follows the lead of Cardinal Pell, they'll spit.
Sydney, Jun 5, 2007 / 10:09 am (CNA).- The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney wants its school leaders to publicly commit to a vow of fidelity by adhering to church teaching on some crucial issues--homosexuality, birth control and women's ordination.
The vow would apply to its 167 principals, its deputy principals and religious education coordinators and would be a first for the Catholic Church in Australia, Fairfax newspapers report.
The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, is behind the move to extend the oath. He is perhaps drawing his inspiration from the apostolic exhortation issued by Pope John Paul II in 1990, Ex Corde Ecclesiae (From the Heart of the Church). In his exhortation, the late Holy Father calls for all those teaching theology in Catholic universities to take an oath of fidelity to the teaching of the Church and those who are not Catholic are asked to respect the Catholic identity of the school.
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Obviously, using the word "catechism" was your mistake. "A manual giving basic instruction in a subject" is much less scary.
Of course, there's always, "So you don't want a kid-friendly outline of the facts. And those notes you're taking right now are obviously reductionist and must be torched. A la lanterne, les papiers!" *WHOOF!*
Oh, wait, that would be bad, wouldn't it? :)
Maureen,
I, uh, edited the post.
But the sentiment behind your comment still applies.
Shocking, shocking, that someone would expect Catholic educators to actually believe in Catholic teaching.
My question is, if someone doesn't believe in Catholic teaching, then for what purpose to they want to work in a Catholic school? What do they want to teach instead?
I think it was St. Clement of Rome who talked about how people wanted the name and prestige of an office connected to the Church, but didn't want to do the work or teach the faith.
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