Comments on: Can anyone explain the logic behind this? http://www.cipcol.org/?p=246 Peace, security, human rights and the U.S. role in Latin America, from the Center for International Policy. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:36:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Doppiafila http://www.cipcol.org/?p=246&cpage=1#comment-507 Doppiafila Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:49:49 +0000 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=246#comment-507 I believe the Colombian Church is good at picking "fights": they fell they can "win" in keeping Colombia "free from the evil of legal abortion", while they must have come to the conclusion that paramilitaries are impossible to defeat... Or even worse: they might have decided paramilitaries are NOT to be defeated... Regards, Doppiafila I believe the Colombian Church is good at picking “fights”: they fell they can “win” in keeping Colombia “free from the evil of legal abortion”, while they must have come to the conclusion that paramilitaries are impossible to defeat… Or even worse: they might have decided paramilitaries are NOT to be defeated…
Regards, Doppiafila

]]> By: Izzy Stoner http://www.cipcol.org/?p=246&cpage=1#comment-506 Izzy Stoner Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:42:53 +0000 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=246#comment-506 Take a look a this strange communion wafer: <a href="http://www.mariafullofgrace.com/desktop_640.html" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://www.mariafullofgrace.com/desktop_640.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mariafullofgrace.com/desktop_640.html</a></a> Who knew the body of Christ was wrapped in latex? And yet it won El Premio de OCLACC (Organization of Catholic Clergy Award). Take a look a this strange communion wafer: http://www.mariafullofgrace.com/desktop_640.html
Who knew the body of Christ was wrapped in latex? And yet it won El Premio de OCLACC (Organization of Catholic Clergy Award).

]]> By: richtiger http://www.cipcol.org/?p=246&cpage=1#comment-505 richtiger Sat, 02 Sep 2006 04:54:08 +0000 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=246#comment-505 Adam asks if anyone can explain the logic of denying communion to the doctors who helped the rape victim and extending the sacrament to Castaño. As a Catholic myself, I'd simply observe that logic isn't a requirement for Church pronouncements and positions. Of course, the Colombian hierarcy has the reputation of being one of the most conservative in Latin America. There is no liberation theology (to my knowledge) among the Colombian prelates, which is one reason that Father Camilo Torres left the Church and joined the ELN (Ejército de liberación nacional). Castaño was, perhaps, (I don't really know) one of the many Colombians who are "cultural Catholics." They rely on the Church for baptisms of children, marriages, and funeral masses without necessarily being Catholic or even Christian in any meaningful sense. Adam asks if anyone can explain the logic of denying communion to the doctors who helped the rape victim and extending the sacrament to Castaño. As a Catholic myself, I’d simply observe that logic isn’t a requirement for Church pronouncements and positions.

Of course, the Colombian hierarcy has the reputation of being one of the most conservative in Latin America. There is no liberation theology (to my knowledge) among the Colombian prelates, which is one reason that Father Camilo Torres left the Church and joined the ELN (Ejército de liberación nacional).

Castaño was, perhaps, (I don’t really know) one of the many Colombians who are “cultural Catholics.” They rely on the Church for baptisms of children, marriages, and funeral masses without necessarily being Catholic or even Christian in any meaningful sense.

]]> By: jcg http://www.cipcol.org/?p=246&cpage=1#comment-504 jcg Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:47:07 +0000 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=246#comment-504 A lot of people who shall remain nameless have wondered about the same thing too. It should also be pointed out that "automatic excommunication" has not been applied to guerrillas either, not to mention common murderers and others that deserve it, on an individual basis, just as much as Castaño did. As for the abortion issue itself, it goes without saying that the Cardinal is behind the times, to put it lightly. A lot of people who shall remain nameless have wondered about the same thing too.

It should also be pointed out that “automatic excommunication” has not been applied to guerrillas either, not to mention common murderers and others that deserve it, on an individual basis, just as much as Castaño did.

As for the abortion issue itself, it goes without saying that the Cardinal is behind the times, to put it lightly.

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