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Canadian Nuns' Group Overlooks Life or Family Issues in Annual Declaration of Priorities
"integrity of Creation" and ecology given high priority
June 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Canadian Religious Conference (CRC), the organization that oversees and directs orders of nuns and brothers in Canada, has released its annual list of priorities for 2004. Nowhere on the list are specified any of the life and family issues that many Catholics would expect to find.
The list includes two general goals to which the organization "recommits" itself: "To speak with a common voice on social and ecclesial issues of justice, peace and the integrity of Creation at the regional, national and international levels; to provide support and formation for leaders of religious congregations and to facilitate communication among them." No definitions for terms such as the pagan New Age sounding "integrity of Creation" were provided. The second set of priorities included speaking out, in conjunction with other organizations of religious "against violence of all kinds, especially the trafficking in women and children."
Sr. Sheila Smith, RSCJ, "Ontario Field Worker for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC)" wrote in a letter to Ontario Premier, Dalton McGuinty, "We believe in the sacredness and connectedness of all life; therefore, we also watch for the evolution of your promise to promote a more ecologically friendly province that includes government protection of Creation, such as access to clean, safe drinking water for all." On the CRC website, a search revealed no documents containing the words, "abortion," "embryonic stem cells," or "euthanasia."
Hilary White, a Catholic writer and researcher living in Toronto said that she tried for years to find a faithful Catholic religious women's community. "There are only a very small number of religious orders in this country that could be called recognizably Catholic. A good litmus test is whether they are interested in pro-life activities and very few of them are anything but openly hostile. Most of today's nuns' interpretation of social justice means supporting the pro-abortion March for Women. I've heard it from their own mouths that they wouldn't discourage a woman from having an abortion, that that wouldn't be the 'Christian' thing to do."
Fr. Jim Whalen of Priests for Life Canada said "There really isn't the kind of support that we wish. Some individual sisters are doing pro-life work but are not often supported by their communities. It's a bad situation that isn't being addressed in the Canadian Church."
Calls to the CRC media office were not returned by press time.
Read the CRC's list of priorities for 2004:
http://www.crc-canada.org/web/CoinMedias/defaut.cfm?nouveaut...
CCCB election statement
http://www.cccb.ca/PublicStatements.htm?CD=&ID=1512
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