Massachusetts middle school can't be called Catholic after flying Gay Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, bishop says
The Nativity School of Worcester, which says the governance and control of school operations are fully independent of the diocese and receive no funding from them, vowed to appeal the bishop's decision.
Bishop Robert J. McManus Thursday cited an open letter to the school in early May as part of reason for his decision.
"I publicly stated in an open letter...that 'these symbols (flags) embody specific agendas or ideologies (that) contradict Catholic social and moral teaching,'" McManus said. "It is my contention that the 'Gay Pride' flag represents support of gay marriage and actively living a LGBTQ+ lifestyle."
"This is also true of 'Black Lives Matter,'" McManus said.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/us/massac...index.html
The Nativity School of Worcester, which says the governance and control of school operations are fully independent of the diocese and receive no funding from them, vowed to appeal the bishop's decision.
Bishop Robert J. McManus Thursday cited an open letter to the school in early May as part of reason for his decision.
"I publicly stated in an open letter...that 'these symbols (flags) embody specific agendas or ideologies (that) contradict Catholic social and moral teaching,'" McManus said. "It is my contention that the 'Gay Pride' flag represents support of gay marriage and actively living a LGBTQ+ lifestyle."
"This is also true of 'Black Lives Matter,'" McManus said.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/us/massac...index.html
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
