Banned in Boston Cardinal O'Malley orders parishes not to let priest speak..

[dimbear]

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/belief/banned-boston-cardinal-o-malley-helmut-schuller
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In today’s ironic counter-meaning, it is Father Helmut Schüller, a reform-minded priest from Austria who has been banned from speaking at Catholic parishes in Boston by Cardinal Sean O’Malley, as Catholic activists arranging his July speaking tour have learned.

"We have found it necessary to move Father Schüller's talk," Larry Bloom, a volunteer in the Boston suburb of Dedham said in an email to members of several reform groups. Schüller had been scheduled to speak at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham on July 17.

“We have just been directly contacted by the regional bishop and advised that Cardinal Sean has forbidden any appearance by Father Schuller [sic] on any Catholic property in the archdiocese, and that we are to comply with that directive.”
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Father Schuller, formerly Monsignor Schuller before his demotion by Pope Benedict, offers a nasty novelty: reform.

[rug]

1. He founded the Austrian Priests' Initiative Movement.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfarrer-Initiative_%C3%96sterreich

How's your German?

[dimbear]

2. I admit that to an extent he out-Luthers Luther.

Oh well, aspera ad astra.

[Act_of_Reparation]

3. Yes and no

While my German is a bit rusty, it seems the group takes more exception to Catholic traditions than scriptural interpretation. It seems to me this group is largely concerned with the dwindling priesthood and has suggested practical solutions to curbing the trend. This is a bit more pragmatic than Luther's revolution, which took serious issue with a few major theological positions held by the Church.

[dimbear]

4. Pfarrer initiative...........pick your favorite language:

http://www.pfarrer-initiative.at/