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Tuesday March 9, 2004
Toronto Cardinal Refuses to Confer Degree for Nun's Lesbian Thesis
Catholic sister complains of "research rejected" and of "homophobia" in the Church
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TORONTO, March 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Just weeks after disciplining a priest for having sworn a court affidavit in favour of homosexual 'marriage', Toronto Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic is under fire from homosexual activists for refusing to confer a degree on a nun whose doctoral thesis celebrated lesbianism. Sister Christina Cathro's thesis was entitled, "Listening for the Echo: Contribution of Lesbians' Journeys to Spiritual Direction and Theological Reflection."
While it is customary for the Cardinal to confer degrees, the Cardinal left the duty to the alternate Chancellor of St. Michael's College, Senator Vivienne Poy. St. Michael's College president Richard Alway told the Globe and Mail that the Cardinal told him he "was concerned about whether it was appropriate for him to personally confer the degree."
While the archdiocese refused to comment on the incident, the Cardinal's replacement left little doubt as to the motive of the action. "I really think the main reason is because the cardinal had a problem with this one graduate," Ms. Poy told the Globe, explaining that she was called in quite suddenly.
Sister Cathro reacted in a column in the dissident Toronto 'Catholic New Times' saying,
"This is a story of life rejected, of research rejected, and of homophobia manifest in the high reaches of the Roman Catholic church."
See related LifeSite coverage:
Toronto Diocese Serious About Defending Marriage: Disciplines Dissident Priest
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/mar/04030502.html
See the Globe and Mail coverage:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPPrint/LAC/20040308/TCARDIN0...
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