Bishop Richard Lennon cautions parishioners

[AnOhioan]

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Bishop Richard Lennon of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese has cautioned members of the soon-to-close St. Peter's church in downtown Cleveland not to hold worship services in commercial office space the congregation has leased.

"Please know that I will not approve of a priest celebrating the sacraments in any space other than an approved site within the diocese," Lennon wrote to St. Peter parishioners this week.

The bishop said he was writing to the parishioners " because of my concern for you and your salvation and for the good of the church in Cleveland...."

More at: http://www.cleveland.com/religion/index.ssf/2010/04/bishop_richard_lennon_cautions.html


and the saga continues...this guy is not making any friends amongst the Greater Cleveland Catholic population.

[existentialist]

1. Whatever happened to

"Where ever two or three of you are gathered together in my name, I am there in the midst of you."?

Guess that was before the Catholic church decided it had a monopoly on God.

[Submariner]

2. There is no money in that concept

The clergy needs to keep the sheeple centralized around a common money basket, and not let the flock spread the profits too thin. The god stuff is big business.

[existentialist]

4. Reminds me of something about

driving the money changers from the Temple.

[Warpy]

3. It's all about the money

and the cohesiveness of a Catholic parish is supremely unimportant.

He wants their money to go to established churches still open, even if they all get split apart to several different ones and even if those churches are hard for them to get to.

Money, money, and more money. It's all the hierarchy cares about.