Cardinal George Denounces "New Ways Ministry" as Pseudo-Catholic Organization

Unfortunately, we have a lot of "wolves in sheep's clothing" in the Catholic Church. Fortunately, we have some good Bishops like Cardinal George to point them out and correct them.

Last Friday Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago and current President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement condemning "New Ways Ministry" for claiming to be Catholic while opposing the Church's teaching on the objective immorality of homosexual acts.

The Cardinal spoke unequivocally: "I wish to make it clear that, like other groups that claim to be Catholic but deny central aspects of Church teaching, New Ways Ministry has no approval or recognition from the Catholic Church and that they cannot speak on behalf of the Catholic faithful in the United States."

New Ways Ministry describes itself as a "gay positive ministry of advocacy and justice for lesbian and gay Catholics."

The cardinal recounted the numerous occasions on which the two co-founders of New Ways Ministry, Sr. Jeannine Gramick and Fr. Robert Nugent, have been disciplined by the Church for activities in defiance of the Church and its authority.

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From the Catechism:

2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.