On the day that Archbishop Nichols was named cardinal-elect by Pope Francis Terence Weldon has revealed on his blog Queering the Church that Archbishop Nichols has met on two occasion representatives of Quest, the homosexual group banned by his predecessor Cardinal Basil Hume because of their advocacy of homosexual sexual activity. First The Tablet reveals that Cardinal-elect Nichols was under pressure from the Holy See about the Soho Masses and now Queering the Church reveals that Cardinal-elect Nichols has had meetings with the homosexual group banned by Cardinal Hume for dissenting from the Church’s teaching. Why all these revelations about Cardinal-elect Nichols and the gay Catholic community on the day of Pope Francis’ announcement? . . . → Read More: Cardinal-elect Nichols met with Quest homosexual group banned by Cardinal Hume according Queering the Church
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Following representatives of Quest meeting with Bishop Conry of Arundel and Brighton Terence Weldon has expressed the hope that Bishop Conry and his ‘Crossing the Threshold’ project will assist Quest’s planned workshop on conscience. Terence Weldon has this hope despite the fact that Cardinal Hume banned Quest from calling itself a ‘Catholic organisation’ because they promoted gay sex contrary to the teaching of the Church. In view of the fact that Terence Weldon has expressed the hope that Bishop Conry will assist Quest in some capacity maybe he or the bishop could explain when Cardinal Hume’s decision banning Quest from being a ‘Catholic organisation’ for promoting gay sex contrary to the teaching of the Church was overturned? . . . → Read More: Queering the Church hopes that Bishop Conry will assist Quest’s workshop on conscience In a letter to a reader of Protect the Pope concerned about his meeting with Quest and Terence Weldon of Queering the Church Bishop Kieran Conry of Arundel and Brighton argued that the Gospel has little to say about sexual behaviour, as if that justified his meetings with homosexual Catholics who advocate dissent from the Church’s teaching. Apart from the fact that the Catholic Church holds that we receive the Gospel from Scripture and Tradition (CCC 82), safeguarded by the Magisterium, Bishop Conry is wrong when he writes that the gospel has little to say about sexual behaviour. In fact the gospel has quite specific things to say about homosexual acts in particular . . . → Read More: Bishop Conry argues that the Gospel has little to say about sexual behaviour to justify his meeting Quest and Queering the Church Quest gay dissent group signs letter to Pope Francis calling for ordination of women and gay priestsQuest, the UK dissent group for homosexual Catholics, has signed the Catholic Church Reform letter to Pope Francis calling on him to abolish the hierarchy and to ordain women and gay priests. Other dissenting groups who have signed the letter include Catholics for a Changing Church, the US Women’s Leadership Conference for Religious Freedom, US Call to . . . → Read More: Quest gay dissent group signs letter to Pope Francis calling for ordination of women and gay priests Two dissent groups active in the English church, A Call to Action an Quest, have expressed annoyance with Protect the Pope about posts we have published about them in the past. Both A Call to Action and Quest take a highly critical stance towards the Church’s teaching and authority, but when they are criticized in turn they take great offence. Quest’s September issue of their newsletter contains an ‘Open Letter to Deacon Nick Donnelly’ by Benedict Luckhurst. The strange thing is that no one at Quest thought to tell me that they have published an open letter addressed to me! I will fisk Benedict Luckhurst’s letter about me and Protect the Pope once I’ve had a chance to go through it. . . . → Read More: Both A Call to Action and Quest are annoyed with Protect the Pope for raining on their parade Terence Weldon, a leading member of the Soho Masses Pastoral Council who runs the blog Queering the Church, has given Protect the Pope details of a meeting he had with Bishop Conry with Ruby Almeida, Chair of the dissenting homosexual group Quest. Terence Weldon is also an active member of A Call to Action and represented the Soho Masses Pastoral Council at ACTA’s national conference at Hinsley Hall, Leeds. . . . → Read More: Quest and Bishop Conry discuss including LGBT Catholics in the Bishops conference’s ‘Crossing the Threshold” project A reader of Protect the Pope has sent us a copy of Bishop Kieran Conry’s reply to his concerns about A Call to Action and the homosexual group Quest, in which Bishop Conry expresses doubts about either group dissenting from the doctrines of the Church. Bishop Conry’s admirable quality is that he takes the time to reply to letters sent to him, when some other bishops don’t bother. The aims and objectives document produced following the 2012 Heythrop meeting clearly shows the dissenting agenda of ACTA, and in particular the importance of the ordination of women to their cause. The fact that Sr Myra Poole was invited to address the inaugural meeting of ACTA also shows the importance of women’s ordination to ACTA’s agenda. It appears that Bishop Conry’s subsequent support for ACTA in Arundel and Brighton Diocese is based on his personal lack of knowledge about their true agenda. Bishop Conry is surprisingly uninformed about Cardinal Hume’s banning of Quest from calling itself a ‘Catholic organisation’ because it promotes homosexual sexual acts. Quest’s constitution clearly sets out their promotion of an active homosexual life-style. Hopefully once Bishop Conry receives the answers to his questions he will reconsider his support of two groups that clearly promote dissent from the Church’s doctrine and discipline. He really should have looked into the bona fides of these groups before so readily expressing support for them in his diocese. . . . → Read More: Bishop Kieran Conry doubts that A Call to Action and Quest dissent from the doctrines of the Church Quest, the homosexual group banned by Cardinal Hume from calling itself a ‘Catholic organisation’ but warmly supported by Bishop Conry, has called Pope Francis’ use of the word ‘gay’ a Pentecost moment for the Church, comparing it with the theophany when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles following Our Lord’s Ascension. Pope Francis’ use of the word ‘gay’ is his direct response to the journalist’s question about ‘the gay lobby’, and signifies nothing more than the Holy Father accepting the premise of the journalist’s question. His use of the word ‘gay’ does not signify an earth-shattering change in the Church’s doctrine on homosexuality, but an off the cuff reply in a Q & A. This is hardly a Pentecost moment for the Church. . . . → Read More: The Quest homosexual dissent group considers Pope Francis’ use of ‘gay’ a Pentecost moment Either Terence Weldon is misrepresenting Bishop Conry’s letter to the Quest conference or Bishop Conry has decided to dismiss Cardinal Basil Hume’s judgement that Quest is not an approved Catholic organisation because it promoted homosexual sex. In a letter to Charles Keal, Quest’s chairman at the time, Cardinal Hume wrote explaining that his decision to remove it from the list of approved Catholic organisations was that if an organization was listed with ecclesiastical approval, “the assumption must be that it accepts the church’s teaching set out in a manner that is in no way ambiguous.” The cardinal further explained Quest’s rejection of living ‘chaste lives in accordance with the church’s teaching’ raised concern about the direction Quest was taking. “It is one thing for the church officially to recognize a support group for Catholic homosexual men and women, struggling, as we all do, to live up to the demands of our shared Christian vocation,” but was clear that an explicit part of Quest’s agenda is “to encourage and recognize loving same-sex partnerships,” which the church cannot accept.’ If Terence Weldon is being honest then Bishop Conry has decided he can accept ‘same-sex partnerships. . . . → Read More: Bishop Conry’s ‘incredibly supportive letter’ encourages the Quest gay group to plan expansion in Arundel & Brighton Fr Daniel O’Leary, a priest of the Diocese of Leeds, Tablet columnist and spirituality guru, is to speak at the 40th anniversary conference of Quest, the homosexual Catholic group banned by Cardinal Hume from being included the Catholic Directory as an approved Catholic organisation because of their dissent from Church doctrine by promoting homosexual sex. Fr Daniel O’Leary, famous for his New Age bon mots, will be speaking on the conference theme, ‘From Wasteland to Promised Land’. . . . → Read More: Fr Daniel O’Leary to speak at Quest’s conference despite it being banned by Cardinal Hume from the Catholic Directory |
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