NOT ALL of you are going to agree with this. It is my
own take on the subject.
The "Covid Passport" will be the only way forward.
I MAY be opting out of “going
to church” if the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher continues his opposition
to Catholic churches being open only to those Catholics who have been
vaccinated against Covid-19. The reason is quite simple, I would be an idiot to
take the risk of breathing the same air deliberately as someone who has not
been vaccinated and who might potentially be at risk and “not safe” as such.
The Pope should have made it
his priority to insist all Catholics are vaccinated.
I firmly believe that the only
way out of this “hell on earth” is vaccination, until something more successful
comes along.
I will be quite happy continue
to live as a TV Catholic … we have been just that for months.
Here is what they said in the
local media: “The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher, Anglican
Archbishop of Sydney Kanishka Raffel and other faith leaders are lobbying Mr
Hazzard directly on the issue, and some ministers have publicly contemplated
civil disobedience if the government keeps the requirement.
The Catholic
Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher said he and other religious leaders had
told the government worship was “an essential service, not mere recreation” for
many people.
“We explained that all our faiths are inclined to allow all
comers to worship, that many pastors and faithful would be uneasy with
restricting worship to the fully vaccinated, and that doing so could prove very
divisive,” he said.
The road map announced last week allows places of worship to
reopen to vaccinated people with capacity limited to one person per four square
metre- rule, once 70 per cent of NSW adults are fully vaccinated, estimated to
be around the middle of October. Singing will not be allowed.”
A long-long time ago, the
Catholic church virtually banned me for supporting family planning and
contraception in Africa. These days I don’t think any Catholic is aware of this
ridiculous Catholic position.
Below is an excerpt from
a brilliant BBC piece on the subject.
Catholic - introduction
The Church forbids sex outside marriage, so its teachings about
birth control should be understood in the context of husband and wife.
The Roman Catholic Church believes that using contraception is
"intrinsically evil" in itself, regardless of the consequences.
Catholics are only permitted to use natural methods of birth control.
But the Church does not condemn things like the pill or condoms
in themselves. What is morally wrong is using such things with the intention of
preventing conception. Using them for other purposes is fine - for example,
using the pill to regulate the periods of a woman who is not in a sexual
relationship is not wrong.
The Church teaches that using artificial contraception is wrong
because:
· it is against 'natural
law'
· it breaks the natural
connection between the procreative and the unitive purposes of sex
· it turns sex into a
non-marital act
· it gives human beings
the power to decide when a new life should begin - that power belongs to God
· it leads to widespread
immorality
· it damages the
institution of marriage
· it reduces male respect
for women
· it gives human beings
the idea that they can have complete power over the body
· it allows the
implementation of eugenic programmes
Commentary
This is one of the most controversial areas of the Church's
moral teachings; partly because birth control is now accepted in most of the
West, but also because the philosophical and theological ideas behind the ban
are hard to understand.
As a result, many Roman Catholics see the ban as arbitrary and
unreasonable, but in fact the ban is based on a thorough analysis of the issues
involved.
Catholic objections to artificial contraception are partly based
on 'natural law' and partly on the bad consequences that will result if
contraception is widely used.
But Catholic policy on birth control is also derived from the
way the Church views the nature of marital sexuality and responsible
parenthood. The Church teaches that the physical expression of love between husband
and wife in sexual intercourse can't be separated from the reproductive
implications of both the act and marriage.
Sex is seen as intimately involved in God's design for the
universe, and as something profoundly important that involves a person's mind
and spirit as well as their body.
The Catholic Church does not see any point in putting forward
the various arguments that show the benefits of contraception to individuals or
to the world. Pope Paul VI put it like this: "It is never lawful, even for
the gravest reasons, to do evil that good may come of it."
The Tablet survey
A 2008 study suggests that most practising Catholics are
ignoring the Church's teachings on contraception and sex.
The Tablet magazine surveyed 1,500 Mass-goers in England and
Wales; 40 years after Pope Paul VI forbade birth control use in his encyclical
Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life).
82% of people are familiar with the Church's moral teachings but
more than half of 18-45 year olds still cohabited before marriage. The
contraceptive pill is used by 54.5% and nearly 69% had used or would consider
using condoms.
The survey also found that more than half think that the
teaching should be revised.
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