Word: rome
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...cultural gulf between Rome and the U.S. exacerbates the conflict. While the American bishops' starting point tends to be democracy within the church, Rome is concerned first and foremost with religious dogma. According to one Vatican official, U.S. Catholics are heavily influenced by their culture and media, which, to the Pope, create a "society of immediate gratification," the exact opposite of John Paul's ethic of "service and commitment." A final irritant is American Catholics' penchant for airing disputes in public...
...Hunthausen case, a paradigm of such public controversy, erupted in September when the Archbishop revealed that Rome had quietly taken away his control over various aspects of doctrine and discipline and handed it to Seattle's newly named auxiliary bishop, Donald Wuerl, a loyal conservative. Hunthausen's revelation provoked public squabbling among the bishops and demands by liberals that the U.S. hierarchy fight back...
...Archbishop freely admitted other points in Rome's indictment, including the charge that he allowed Dignity, a group of Catholic homosexuals, to celebrate Mass in his cathedral. But he pointed out that "many bishops" had permitted similar services. (Only three weeks ago, the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in a tough statement, insisted bishops avoid recognition of Catholic groups that implicitly treat homosexuality as benign or oppose church teaching that homosexual behavior is sinful...
Summing up, Hunthausen declared that the Rome-imposed arrangement with Wuerl seemed "unworkable" and pleaded with his colleagues to "address this issue with the Holy See." After considerable anguish, the bishops issued a document that endorsed Rome's right to intervene in Seattle and said its procedures properly protect both individual rights and the good of the church. Indeed, the bishops declared that they "affirm unreservedly their loyalty to and unity with the Holy Father." Hunthausen's allies managed one triumph: deletion of the assertion that Vatican treatment of the Archbishop of Seattle was "just and reasonable." The bishops also...
...statement did not confront the perception of "injustice" in the case. While conceding that "there really was little this group could do," Bishop Leroy Matthiesen of Amarillo, Texas, an ally of Hunthausen's in the antinuclear cause, noted that the long debate would surely send a warning to Rome through Laghi, who calmly observed the proceedings...