Dear Catholic Church,

[fools_game]

You and I are no longer speaking.

Vatican Reprimands a Group of U.S. Nuns and Plans Changes

Comments

[veronamay]

I don't have an appropriate hug icon, so have scruffy Martin Freeman in lieu. I'm sorry you're losing something that ought to be a source of strength and support. :(

[fools_game]

I've been drifting away for a long time, but I'd always had the idea 'Someday it'll be better, they'll figure their shit out" but that's... not going to happen. Or not soon. Maybe not in my lifetime. Pox.

Scruffy Martin Freeman is pretty much a hug in 100x100 pixels anycase.

[veronamay]

They might do, but I think they've still got a lot of denial and repression to wade through yet. Maybe the next generation will be better.

[fools_game]

I see the kids I mentored in my youth group a few years on Facebook, and a lot of them have good heads on their shoulders. They're asking good questions, at least, and not really liking the answers they're getting. I guess a lot of them will come to the same conclusion I did, which makes me even sadder.

[gillianinoz]

Well said.. It seems the War on Women is everywhere.

[fools_game]

The Church has always been misogynistic as hell, but it seems now they're making it a priority! Fuck that.

[ashen_key]

Raised atheist here, but - I am sorry that the final straw happened, both for your sake and for the sake of still practising Catholics (oh, Vatican, you do not need to join the War on Women, you really freaking DON'T).

[fools_game]

The ONLY thing this could possibly accomplish is to piss off, alienate and possibly harm Catholic women - not to mention any people who are relying on those nuns and their work with poverty and economic injustice.

[ashen_key]

But women are being UPPITY! And having IDEAS OF THEIR OWN! Can't have that, oh no. The Delicate Male Ego's Grip On Power must be validated!

Or....some kind of bullshit along those lines, I'm guessing. -_-