Pope Francis CIA and ‘Death Squads’

in the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. I would argue that the most
faithful adherents of the teachings of the Second Vatican Council are women
religious and they are faithful to the teachings of Jesus in an exemplary way.
Here is an excerpt from an insert by Fr. Koesel and found in a parish bulletin
in Cleveland and I quote:
“One of the results of the council was that the nuns became more educated, more
integrated in the life of the people and more justice-oriented than the bishops
and pope. They are doctors, lawyers, university professors, lobbyists, social
workers, authors, theologians, etc. Their appeal was that they always went back
to what Jesus said and did. Their value lay in the fact that their theology and
their practice were integrated into the real world.
“The Vatican sounds like the Pharisees of the New Testament – legalistic,
paternalistic and orthodox – while “the good sisters” were the ones who were
feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned,
educating the immigrant, and so on. Nuns also learned that Catholics are
intuitively smart about their faith. They prefer dialogue over diatribe, freedom
of thought over mind control, biblical study over fundamentalism, development of
doctrine over isolated mandates.”
I think that sums it up quite well.
Paul Surlis taught moral theology and Catholic Social teaching at St. John’s
University, New York from 1975-2000. He is now retired and living in Crofton,
Maryland.
The Moral Challenge of ‘Kill Lists’
Exclusive: Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan has been called President
Obama’s “priest” as they wrestle with the moral dilemma of assembling a “kill
list” of “bad guys,” a role that recalls how established religions have
justified slaughters over the centuries, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.
By Ray McGovern
In an extraordinary article in Tuesday’s New York Times, “Secret ‘Kill List’
Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will,” authors Jo Becker and Scott Shane
throw macabre light on the consigliere-cum-priestly role that counterterrorist
adviser John Brennan provides President Barack Obama.