[Sundaycommunity] Fwd: FutureChurch's Statement on the Death of Pope Benedict XVI

[Catherine Walther]

A very powerful statement indeed! Catherine

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From: FutureChurch <debrose at futurechurch.org>
Date: Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 8:39 PM
Subject: FutureChurch's Statement on the Death of Pope Benedict XVI
To: <catherine.walther at gmail.com>


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*FutureChurch's Statement on the Death of Pope Benedict XVI*

Upon the death of Pope Benedict XVI, FutureChurch offers prayers and
condolences to his family and friends.

The late pope offered the church consequential gifts. Most prominent among
those gifts was his decision to resign his papacy. The recognition of
his limitations in carrying out the functions required of a
pope rightly helped de-mystify the office and humanize the people who sit
at the helm of authority in the Church.

But it must not be forgotten that Pope Benedict XVI left a legacy of pain
for many faith-filled Catholics; especially women, LGBTQI+ Catholics, and
those who had the courage to publicly dissent from his doctrinaire views.

While affirming women’s equal dignity in the church and recognizing that
the roles that women held in the early Church were in no way secondary,*
his actions belied his distrust of women and their Spirit-led faith and
authority. As prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
and later, as pope, he became a chief curator and enforcer of church laws,
teachings, and policies that sought to keep women subordinate and silenced.

During his tenure, he investigated the Leadership Conference of Women
Religious (LCWR) twice. During the 2012 offensive, the Vatican accused the
LCWR of promoting “radical feminist themes” and “corporate dissent” and
fully intended to seize significant control over the most prominent and
most trusted Catholic organization of women in the country.

The Vatican also harshly criticized Professor Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ,
casting aspersions on her feminist scholarship with fallacious arguments.

These attacks on the nuns led to one of the most notable uprisings of
Catholics in the United States. Ordinary Catholics and reform organizations
(including FutureChurch) organized hundreds of protests in support of the
nuns and their courageous, compassionate, and Gospel led ministries. Under
the banner of “NunJustice,” representatives delivered over 17,500
signatures to the Vatican urging them to quell the attacks and honor the
work of the most respected Catholic authority in the country – women
religious.

Further, as Pope Benedict dealt out punishments, he offered clerics who
sexually abused children and committed crimes the benefit of a process,
while automatically excommunicating the pioneering women who chose a path
to priestly ordination. The clericalism and sexism used to justify those
decisions was in plain sight at every turn.

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clearly demonstrate, the pope’s policies and teachings on homosexuality
have devastated our LGBTQI+ friends and family and caused immense suffering
and pain.

While we grieve the loss of Pope Benedict XVI, we must not expunge the
record when it comes to his many efforts to keep women subordinate and
LGBTQI+ people excluded. The policies set while he served as prefect of the
CDF and later as pope, matter today. Women and LGBTQI+ Catholics still
suffer the effects of his policies in a Church that continues to undermine
their authentic value, gifts, wisdom, and authority. In a Church still
plagued by sexism, homophobia, clericalism, and other forms of injustice,
we will continue to raise up the voices of justice, pray, and work to bring
healing, hope, and love to all those who suffered during his time in power.

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Dr. Emily Reimer-Barry, Ph.D. will offer our first “Respect Women” Lecture.
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will suggest practical steps Catholics can take to advance justice for and
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*Dr. **Emily Reimer-Barry *is an associate professor and the chair of the
Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San
Diego. She teaches courses in Catholic theological ethics, including sexual
ethics, feminist ethics, war and peace, and ethical responses to HIV and
AIDS. Reimer-Barry’s research explores the intersection of sexuality and
social justice. She writes from the perspective of a feminist Catholic
woman whose faith is deeply shaped by feminist spirituality and reflection
on embodiment and discourses of power.

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Church where the voices of women are adequately represented in a governance
structure that is diverse, transparent, ethical, and accountable. She is a
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of Theology (M.T.S., 2002), and Loyola University Chicago (Ph.D., 2008).
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The Continental Phase document of the Synod was released on October 27,
2022.  So far, the document has been surprisingly accurate in reflecting
the joys, sorrows, and hopes of Catholics who have spent a lifetime working
for justice, inclusion, and reform within the institutional church.

During this Continental Phase, Catholics are asked to review the document
and discern if and how it should be amended.  The amended Continental Phase
document will be used to develop the working document for the October 2023
gathering.

To encourage Catholics to take part in that process, FutureChurch will hold
two discernment sessions on Tuesdays, January 24 and 31 at 7pm ET.

At that time, we will pray and reflect on the document and offer feedback.
FutureChurch will gather that feedback and send it to the Synod of Bishops
and the U.S. Bishops on March 18th in time for it to be incorporated into
the working document for the 2023 Synod of Bishops in Rome.

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At our two sessions, *we will focus on Sections 3 and 4. * Prior to our
gathering, we will send out more information and some questions to
consider.

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FutureChurch welcomes Professor Mary Anne Case who will offer a history of
the development of the complementarity in the Catholic Church. In a recent
interview with America Magazine, Pope Francis reaffirmed the church’s
embrace of complementarity’s constructs — the Marian and Petrine principles
— for organizing ecclesial life, ministry, and governance. The language and
framework he cites is a rather recent invention in the history of the
Catholic Church. Professor Case will offer an overview of the history,
timeline, as well as the nuances of papal thought on the topic.

*Bio*

Professor Mary Anne Case is the Arnold I. Shure Professor of Law at the
University of Chicago Law School.

A graduate of Yale College and the Harvard Law School, Mary Anne Case
studied at the University of Munich; litigated for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison; and was professor of law and Class of 1966 Research
Professor at the University of Virginia before joining the Law School
faculty. She also served as a visiting professor at New York University in
1996, 1997, and 1999; a Bosch Public Policy Fellow at the American Academy
in Berlin in 2004; a Crane Fellow in Law and Public Affairs at Princeton
University from 2006-2007; a Samuel Rubin Visiting Professor at Columbia
Law School in 2013; a Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University
Institute in 2016; and a Guest Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt in
2018.

Subjects Case has taught include feminist jurisprudence, constitutional
law, regulation of sexuality, marriage, family law, sex discrimination,
religious freedom, and European legal systems. She is the convener of the
Workshop on Regulating Family, Sex, and Gender and board member of the
Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. While diverse research
interests include German contract law, theological anthropology, and the
First Amendment, her scholarship to date has concentrated on the regulation
of sex, gender, sexuality, religion, and family; and the early history of
feminism.
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Screening and Discussion of Documentary “Going Home Like a Shooting Star:
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As part of our Women Witnesses for Racial Justice Series, FutureChurch
invites you to join us for a screening of a new documentary on the life of
Sr. Thea Bowman followed by a discussion led by *Sr. Anita Baird, DHM*.

Learn about the extraordinary life, ministry, and leadership of one of the
most beloved saints of our times.

Those who have viewed the documentary rave about its impact on them!

*This was a remarkable tribute not only to one woman, but to all black
women, women everywhere that they are needed, capable, and called to
proclaim the love of Jesus to the world and especially to the downtrodden,
the weak, the sinful, the outcast, the doubter, and all God’s children
regardless of cultures, ethnicities, backgrounds, or any other matter that
might divide us as a people of God. Thank you, thank you for sharing the
life of this woman in such a beautiful way. God open the doors and windows
of our Church to the needs of your people today. ~Comment on YouTube*

*I am in tears. Such inspiration… such a a joy-filled, faith-in-action! I
am deeply affected by her spirit conveyed through this, through her voice,
through her friends (some of whom are also my friends). Sr. Thea, pray for
us (and I am sure it will be a song!). ~Comment on YouTube*

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In a recent interview by *America Magazine* staff, Pope Francis responded
to the women’s ordination question by citing the Marian and Petrine
principle, also known as, complementarity or complementarianism. Based on
the written interview, his response went unchallenged. No one found a way
to press him on this venerated form of subordination.

*Subordination Remanufactured*

Complementarity is a relatively modern configuration for the long-held
practice of subordinating women. Complementarity, Vatican style, heralds
equality for women and men and yet works vigorously to keep women separate
and without equal means to minister, influence, govern, and shape the
teachings, laws, policies, and practices of the Catholic Church. It has
developed with clear contours that have proven useful for enforcing the
status quo in terms of male institutional power and authority. And it has
been mass marketed to Catholics -- as no less than “the new feminism.”  Read
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