A disturbing wind blowing through the RCC:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/10/24/us/AP-US-REL-Catholic-Rage.html


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Catholic Bloggers Aim to Purge Dissenters
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Pressure is on to change the Roman Catholic Church in America, but it's not coming from the usual liberal suspects. A new breed of theological conservatives has taken to blogs and YouTube to say the church isn't Catholic enough.

Enraged by dissent that they believe has gone unchecked for decades, and unafraid to say so in the starkest language, these activists are naming names and unsettling the church.

— In the Archdiocese of Boston, parishioners are dissecting the work of a top adviser to the cardinal for any hint of Marxist influence.

— Bloggers are combing through campaign finance records to expose staff of Catholic agencies who donate to politicians who support abortion rights.

— RealCatholicTV.com, working from studios in suburban Detroit, is hunting for "traitorous" nuns, priests or bishops throughout the American church.

"We're no more engaged in a witch hunt than a doctor excising a cancer is engaged in a witch hunt," said Michael Voris of RealCatholicTV.com and St. Michael's Media. "We're just shining a spotlight on people who are Catholics who do not live the faith."
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It's fascinating to me the extremes to which people will go in their religious zealotry *even when not specifically encouraged by their religious leaders*. I don't really understand it. Do they think god is giving them extra credit for burning the most heretics or something? Is it a kind of belated teenage rebellion for people who always followed the rules and did as they were told? Or are they just inherently nasty, anti-social people grown bitter after years of judgmental dogmatism? Makes me wonder.

Lucius, you said: >>Do they think god is giving them extra credit for burning the most heretics or something? Is it a kind of belated teenage rebellion for people who always followed the rules and did as they were told? Or are they just inherently nasty, anti-social people grown bitter after years of judgmental dogmatism?<<
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I think it's people with one or all of these characteristics... add religion and it just gets worse... darker and more evil, under the guise of "we know what's good for you."

It wasn't mentioned in the article, but I wonder if the Society of St. Pius X has anything to do with this? They're extreme right-wingers who disavow Vatican II and follow a now-deceased French bishop. One of their bases of operation is in St. Marys, Kansas and they're gradually taking over the town due to their extreme procreation. A woman is nothing more than a walking uterus who stays home and homeschools her 10+ kids. A female is not allowed to have any authority over a male under any circumstances and must cover herself with long, drab dresses/skirts. For this group ecumenism is practically evil. These are scary people.

http://www.sspx.org/