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The Rainbow Sash Movement strongly condemns the attacks of Catholic
fundamentalist on members of the National Council of Catholic
Bishops. Joe Murray, the spokesperson for the Rainbow Sash Movement
said “It is important to remember 279 active Bishops who comprise
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). This
includes 7 Cardinal Archbishops, 28 Archbishops, 1 Co-Adjutor
Archbishop, 158 Diocesan Bishops, 2 Co-Adjutor Bishops, and 83
Auxiliary Bishops, and only Cardinal Francis George of
Chicago
has denied members of the Rainbow Sash Movement Communion.”
Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, Archbishop Harry Flynn of
Minneapolis/St Paul, Bishop Mathew Clark of Rochester, Ny and Bishop
Gumbleton of Detroit, have welcomed members of the Rainbow Sash
Movement as part of the People of God.
Presently there is an attempt by fundamentalist Catholic’s to attack
reason and pastoral practice. These fundamentalist elements within
the Church consistently promote lies about the Rainbow Sash
Movement. We say the Rainbow Sash is about identification, the
fundamentalist say it is about protest. They have even drawn His
Eminence Francis Cardinal Rinse, Prefect for the Congregation for
Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (CDW) into
debate with deceptive practices.
Murray, further stated “members of the Rainbow Sash Movement believe
in the Church’s Teaching Magisterium, and a fundamental Teaching of
the Church the Primacy of Conscience. There is an orchestrated
effort by the fundamentalist to divide the Bishops on the issue of
pastoral practice to homosexual Catholics. We call on Cardinal
Francis George to loudly condemn these fundamentalist attacks on the
pastoral practice of Bishops who give Communion to members of the
Rainbow Sash Movement.
To find out more about the Rainbow Sash Movement please visit the
Rainbow Sash Movement web site at
www.rainbowsashmovement.com.
Rainbow Sash Movement
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