The Attack on Faith
US Supreme Court discusses all-male Catholic priesthood
In argument before the Supreme Court on an anti-discrimination case,
the solicitor general—representing the Obama administration—said that
the government would uphold the right of the Catholic Church to preserve
an all-male priesthood, but only “because the balance of relative
public and private interests is different in each case.”The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, in which a woman charged that she was wrongfully dismissed from a teaching position at a Lutheran school. School officials countered that the teacher had been dismissed because she did not accept the teachings of the church. The case turned on the “ministerial exception” that is traditionally according to religious bodies, allowing them to set the standards for their own religious personnel.
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There are every growing challenges against the Church and Christian living. We should be prepared to defend the faith by speaking out against those forces which would seek to corrupt the church or force their will upon her to make conform to the modernistic norms of society.
Let us remember to pray daily for the Pope, the Church, our clergy, religious and faithful that we may all be rooted in the teachings of our Lord and have the courage to not only stand up for Christianity, but to also have the fortitude to truly lead Christian lives and not compromise on the divine truth.
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