Politics
Thursday July 13, 2000
PROMINENT CATHOLIC BISHOPS CENSORED ON MARCH OF WOMEN
TODAY'S HEADLINES
E-MAIL
PRINT
VANCOUVER, July 13 (LSN.ca) - The feminist World March of Women 2000 has caused serious division in the Catholic Church in Canada.Ê Efforts by executives within Catholic organizations to censor prominent bishops who oppose the March are increasing. Recently LifeSite obtained a copy of a letter sent out by Jennifer Leddy, co-director of the Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF), the pro-life arm of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Knights of Columbus.
On official COLF letterhead, containing the name of Archbishop Adam Exner who publicly opposed the March, Leddy's letter unreservedly defended the March. She failed to mention in her letter that some Canadian bishops, including Bishop Exner, the most prominent director of COLF, strongly oppose the March; the letter cited march supporter Bishop Gerald Wiesner. Members of the Knights of Columbus are outraged at the letter since they have not endorsed the March.
LifeSite reported June 28 that Bishop Nicola De Angelis, spiritual advisor to the Ontario Catholic Women's League wrote a letter to president Betty Anne and all Ontario CWL leaders. He expressed concern that a kit sent to members on the upcoming convention quoted only those bishops who support the March of Women. In her response to the bishop, Brown wrote "I am sorry that you promulgated your opinion without passing it by me first." Later during the Ontario CWL convention when bishop De Angelis could not attend due to hospitalization, a representative he sent to the meeting was not allowed to speak.
The website of the Catholic Organization for Development and Peace also quotes bishop Wiesner in defense of the March and again fails to mention that any bishops oppose it.
See the full text of the Leddy letter at http://lifesite.net/clc/womens_march/leddyletter.html
See the LifeSite page on the March of Women at http://lifesite.net/clc/womens_march/
Back to TopLatest Headlines
- "Manhattan Declaration" Embodies U.S. Christian Pushback against Abortion, Same-Sex "Marriage"
- Hoffman Loses Final Tally of NY-23 Race; Alleges ACORN Tampering and Fraud
- Abortion Activist Judge Hamilton Confirmed with Help of Ten Republican Senators
- CDC Reverses Gardasil Vaccine Requirement for Immigrants
- Germany Faces Economic Downturn with Plummeting Birth Rate and Aging Population
- CCHD in Archdiocese of Chicago Says it is Working to Fix Problems
- Rejection of Washington DC Marriage Referendum Challenged With Legal Suit
- Obama-Supporting Homosexual Activist to Out Sexually Involved Priests Unless they Support Gay 'Marriage
- Austrian Catholic Bishops Issue Bland Response to Govt's Homosexual Partnership Bill
- Interim Report on Catholic Sex-Abuse Says "Homosexual Identity" Not a Predictor of Sex Abuse
- Commentary on Nov 20 NewsBytes
- LSN NewsBytes - US Health Care Reform
- LSN NewsBytes - Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)
- LSN NewsBytes - Life Issues, Religion, Swine Flu, US Politics, Sarah Palin, Miscellaneous
- LSN NewsBytes - Climate Change/Global Warming
- 59 Bishops Contributed Financially to Maine Bishop's Effort to Oppose Maine Same-Sex "Marriage" Law
- Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Shower Praise on Senate Bill's Phony Abortion Compromise
Most Read this Week
- Largest U.S. Homosexual Publisher Shuts Down, Closing Major Gay Newspapers
- EWTN's Arroyo Hosts Reform CCHD Reps Who Reveal Shocking Evidence Against USCCB Anti-Poverty Arm
- Italian Mayors Order Crufixes Put in Classrooms in Revolt against European Court Ruling
- Nat'l Organization for Marriage Responds to Miss California "Sex Tape" Scandal
- Obama Evades Questioning on Stupak Amendment in FOX Interview
- "Manhattan Declaration" Embodies U.S. Christian Pushback against Abortion, Same-Sex "Marriage"
- French Judge Finds Hospital Guilty of "Unreasonable Obstinacy" in Saving Newborn's Life
- EU Leaders to Choose President today in Secret "Soviet Style" Meetings
- Hoffman "Unconcedes" Battle for NY-23: Recount Provides Hope for "Miracle" Victory
- CCHD Responds to Reform Movement
MORE NEWS: 
LifeSiteNews.com Home Page Last 10 Days Archives Special Reports
Copyright © LifeSiteNews.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. You may republish this article or portions of it without request provided the content is not altered and it is clearly attributed to "LifeSiteNews.com". Any website publishing of complete or large portions of original LifeSiteNews articles MUST additionally include a live link to www.LifeSiteNews.com. The link is not required for excerpts. Republishing of articles on LifeSiteNews.com from other sources as noted is subject to the conditions of those sources.