Catholic Church Is Excommunicating Liberals

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Catholic church excommunicates Brazil priest for liberal views

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Catholic Church has excommunicated a Brazilian priest after he defended homosexuality, open marriage and other practices counter to Church teaching in online videos.

In a statement released late on Monday, the priest's diocese said Father Roberto Francisco Daniel, known to local parishioners as Padre Beto, had "in the name of 'freedom of expression' betrayed the promise of fealty to the Church."

The priest "injured the Church with grave statements counter to the dogma of Catholic faith and morality." The actions amount to "heresy and schism," the statement said, the penalty for which is excommunication, or expulsion from the Church.

The rare punishment follows what Daniel's bishop and the priest himself said were repeated rebukes about the videos and other public activities, such as a radio broadcast and local newspaper column, in which he challenged Church doctrine.

The 47-year-old cleric, who studied theology in Germany, is popular in the southeastern city of Bauru, where he has been a priest since 2001. He is known for his rock T-shirts, a silver stud pierced through his right ear and his habit of posing, as on his official Facebook page, with a glass of beer.

On Facebook and Twitter, Daniel posted a brief statement about the excommunication: "I feel honored to belong to the long list of people who have been murdered and burned alive for thinking and searching for knowledge."

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-world/20130430/US-BRAZIL-CHURCH-EXCOMMUNICATION/

Edited May 1, 2013 by The Patriot

[GandD 5,966]

"Catholic Church Is Excommunicating Liberals" is a little misleading. I mean its not quite "Obama is junk" but i think they excommunicated him because he didn't agree with church doctrine. The church is against the death penalty too so if they excommunicated a priest for advocating the death penalty, would the article read "Catholic Church Is Excommunicating conservatives?"

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

"Catholic Church Is Excommunicating Liberals" is a little misleading.

Is the defrocked priest a liberal, and was he not excommunicated? This is probably a warning to all those Catholics in the US that support gay marriage and abortion on demand. No doubt, more to come.

[mota bhai 2,675]

So why do you guys take the frock off? Is it an easy access thing?

[decocker 7,198]

jesus don't want no liberal sunbeams.

[GandD 5,966]

Is the defrocked priest a liberal, and was he not excommunicated? This is probably a warning to all those Catholics in the US that support gay marriage and abortion on demand. No doubt, more to come.

Yeah but they didn't excommunicate him for being a liberal. Just for speaking out against their beliefs.

[BaBamSam 239]

Well, the article doesn't say he's a liberal, just that he has liberal views. But why argue semantics, right?

I like the sass of his tweet. Giving the Catholic Church a serving of snark. Oh snap.

[Darnell 8,479]

Yay Catholica ! Go Catholica !

1 down, 7,988 more to go ...

Go Get Em !

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

So why do you guys take the frock off? Is it an easy access thing?

More importantly, who actually gives a frock?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Catholic church excommunicates Brazil priest for liberal views

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Catholic Church has excommunicated a Brazilian priest after he defended homosexuality, open marriage and other practices counter to Church teaching in online videos.

In a statement released late on Monday, the priest's diocese said Father Roberto Francisco Daniel, known to local parishioners as Padre Beto, had "in the name of 'freedom of expression' betrayed the promise of fealty to the Church."

The priest "injured the Church with grave statements counter to the dogma of Catholic faith and morality." The actions amount to "heresy and schism," the statement said, the penalty for which is excommunication, or expulsion from the Church.

The rare punishment follows what Daniel's bishop and the priest himself said were repeated rebukes about the videos and other public activities, such as a radio broadcast and local newspaper column, in which he challenged Church doctrine.

The 47-year-old cleric, who studied theology in Germany, is popular in the southeastern city of Bauru, where he has been a priest since 2001. He is known for his rock T-shirts, a silver stud pierced through his right ear and his habit of posing, as on his official Facebook page, with a glass of beer.

On Facebook and Twitter, Daniel posted a brief statement about the excommunication: "I feel honored to belong to the long list of people who have been murdered and burned alive for thinking and searching for knowledge."

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-world/20130430/US-BRAZIL-CHURCH-EXCOMMUNICATION/

Pedophiles welcome..... If you defend gays you gotta go...... Go figure...

How do you know he was a liberal.. I am all for gay marriage etc but I am far from a liberal.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I am all for gay marriage etc but I am far from a liberal.

I think your club is called Log Cabin Republicans.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I think your club is called Log Cabin Republicans.

I find it odd you libtards make a big deal about being all for equal this and that and not stereotyping, then the first time you want to insult someone you infer they are gay as a insult.

I go back to, every time you try to insult me it always involves ####### or gay sex. I think you have ####### envy or real man envy or something, and I know you would like to be like me or with me or whatever, but dude ..chill .. I ain't gay and I don't run with effeminate girl boys, so either way it ain't happening.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Is the defrocked priest a liberal, and was he not excommunicated? This is probably a warning to all those Catholics in the US that support gay marriage and abortion on demand. No doubt, more to come.

Since the excommunicated in the OP was just one priest, then the answer is yes the thread title is misleading. Liberals being plural.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Since the excommunicated in the OP was just one priest, then the answer is yes the thread title is misleading. Liberals being plural.

I suppose I could do a google search and find more. What do you think?

[Darnell 8,479]

Yes, of course, please do. Numbers have meaning, and apparently yer about to get tromped by said meaning.

Google-On, Patriot(The) !