POPE FRANCIS WARNS
“There is the temptation of complacency, the attitude that says: “We have always done it this way” and it is better not to change. That expression – “We have always done it that way” – is poison for the life of the Church. Those who think this way, perhaps without even realizing it, make the mistake of not taking seriously the times in which we are living. The danger, in the end, is to apply old solutions to new problems. A patch of rough cloth that ends up creating a worse tear (cf. Mt 9:16).”
READ MOREOUR APPEAL FOR PASTORAL REFORMS
Based on Wijngaards’ book TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR CHURCH REFORM, we list ten urgent pastoral reforms and submit them as our synodal appeal. Wijngaards encountered these problems first-hand while serving as a theologian and a priest during sixty-years of ministry. Join us in making sure that our appeal is heard.
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WIJNGAARDS INSTITUTE FOR CATHOLIC RESEARCH
AUSTRALIAN REFORMING CATHOLICS
CALL TO ACTION Colorado
CATHOLIC CHURCH REFORM INTERNATIONAL
CATHOLICS FOR A CHANGING CHURCH
CATHOLIC NETWORK US
CATHOLIC WOMENS ORDINATION
CORPORACION ACCION Y VIDA
CORPUS. Association for an Inclusive Priesthood
DONNE PER LA CHIESA
FHEDLES (Femmes Et Hommes Droits Et Libertés Dans Les Eglises Et La Société)
FRAUENWEIHE JETZT
MARIENBURG VERENIGING
NOI SIAMO CHIESA Italia
PAKISTANI ACTIVE YOUTH GROUP
RAINBOW CATHOLICS INDIA
RAPIDSHIFT NETWORK
Religion and Socialism DSA
RÉSEAU FEMMES ET MINISTÈRES ⎯ Femmes et hommes pour l’égalité en Église
Association of ROMAN CATHOLIC WOMEN PRIESTS
ROOT AND BRANCH SYNOD
SADYASHODHAK FEMINIST COLLECTIVE
SNEHA SMILE SEVA SOCIETY
WIR SIND KIRCHE DEUTSCHLAND
WIR SIND KIRCHE OESTERREICH
WOMEN’S ORDINATION CONFERENCE USA
WOORI THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
WORLD CITIZENS’ VOICE
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Prominent academic signatories (and their universities): Professors Mary McAleese (Dublin), Flavia Agnes (Mumbai), Jane Anderson (University of Western Australia), Inés Andújar (Madrid), Candelas Arranz (Comillas, Spain), Antonio Autiero (Münster), Anne Marie Bahr (South Dakota), Giuseppe Benagiano (Roma), Sharon A Bong (Monash), Agnes M. Brazal (De La Salle, Manila), Anton Bucher (Salzburg), Tove Bull (Tromsø), James Calderone (Kingston), María Carmen Castellano Paredes (Salamanca), Deirdre Carabine (University of Uganda), Aloysius Cartagenas (Manila), Darryl Caterine (Lemoyne), Marilyn Catherine (Rochester), Ricardo Chica (Javeriana, Colombia), Maaike De Haardt (Nijmegen), Lillian Doherty (Maryland), Luk Draye (Louvain), John Esposito (Georgetown), Sr Juanita Fernandes (Bengaluru), Gisela Forster (Leipzig), Hubert Frankemölle (Paderborn), Sr Madeleine Fredell OP (Stockholm), Giovanni Gaiera (Milan), Andrea González (Mexico City), Hille Haker (Loyola), Wilfrid Harrington (Dublin), John Haught (Georgetown), Hermann Häring (Tübingen), Karin Heller (Whitworth), Michael P. Hornsby-Smith (University of Surrey), Marinus Iwuchukwu (Duquesne), Andrea Johnson (Santa Barbara), Marie Rose Joyce (Melbourne), Manuela Kalsky (Amsterdam), Anne-Marie Korte (Utrecht), Gerhard Kruip (Mainz), Michael G. Lawler (Creighton), Paola Lazzarini (Milano), Michel Lejeune (University of Uganda), Astrid Lobo Gajiwala (Tata, Mumbai), Stefanie Lorenzen (Berlin), Gerard Loughlin (Durham), Kathleen Maas Weigert (Loyola, Chicago), Stefania Manganelli (Siena), William Manseau (Emmaus, Nashua), Judith Martin (Dayton), Chris Maunder (York), John McDargh (Harvard), Paul McQuillan (Brisbane), Gina Menzies (Dublin), Norbert Mette (Münster), Dietmar Mieth (Tübingen), John Milburn Thompson (Louisville), Gareth Morgan (Sheffield Hallam), Sr. Shalini Mulackal (Vidyajyoti, Delhi), Peter Nissen (Nijmegen), Irene Nordgren (Stockholm), David O’Brien (Holy Cross, Rochester), Thomas O’Loughlin (Nottingham), Marie Opatrná (Prague), Vibhuti Patel (Tata, Mumbai), John Pawlikowsk (Loyola, Chicago), Jesus Pelaez (Cordoba, Spain), Giovanni Perini (Bologna), Kerstin Persson (Gothenburg, Sweden), Marinella Perroni (Marianum, Rome), Hélène Pichon (Paris), Pat Pinsent (Roehampton), Monique Pontier (Toulouse), Kim Power (Notre Dame of Maryland), Jordan Pullicino (Oscott), Mary Racelis (Manila), Rosemary Radford Ruether (Claremont), Geraldine Rauch (Berlin), Patricia Rumsey (Nottingham), Susan Roll (Saint Paul University, Ottawa), Joseph Ruane (Philadelphia), Hans-Joachim Sander (Paris-Lodron, Salzburg), Matthias Scharer (innsbruck), Mary Schneider (Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee), Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (Harvard), Rita Shaughnessy (Toronto), Franziska Sigrist (Bern), Valerie Siqueira (Mumbai), Roser Solé i Besteiro (Cataluña), Nora Stene (Oslo), Anne Stensvold (Oslo), David Stronck (California State University), Leonard Swidler (Philadelphia), Sam J. Thomas (Michigan), Terrence Tilley (Fordham), Edward Vacek (Loyola, New Orleans), Jacques Vanobbergen (Ghent), Joanna Waller (Whitstable), Adela Yarbro Collins (Yale), Hans-Georg Ziebertz (Würzburg).
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How did this book come about? What is its purpose? What is the background story?
The author speaks
Jesus was a gentle and kind man. He preached forgiveness, tolerance, love. But on occasion he could be angry.
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The church needs reform. I feel privileged to have been able to play a part in bringing this book to fruition.
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