Reformist priest praises pope’s new tone, but wants more
An Austrian priest who has stirred controversy in Europe with his challenge to Catholic teachings on taboo topics welcomed recent remarks by Pope Francis on gay rights, but said discussion could go further.Father Helmut Schuller, who has been banned by American bishops from speaking in Catholic churches while on a tour of the U.S. that began in mid-July, suggested that women should be allowed to become priests and said that gays need justice, not just mercy.
Schuller, in a telephone interview, said the pope's words were a "good opener" and that gay people seem to be happy that there's a friendlier tone from the Catholic Church than in the past.Schuller, leader of an Austrian priest group known as the "Call to Disobedience," which challenges church teachings on taboo topics such as the ordination of women and priests marrying, has been drawing enthusiastic crowds during a 15-city U.S. tour that began in New York in mid-July .
The pope raised hopes of a softening of Catholic Church opposition to gay rights when he spoke to reporters during his return from a recent visit to Brazil. Addressing the issue of gay clergy, Francis said, "Who am I to judge?" He also reaffirmed church teaching that homosexual acts are a sin.Responding to the pope's remarks, Schuller said, "I think it's not only a question of mercy, but it should also be a question of justice to respect gay people." On the issue of ordaining women, Francis had reaffirmed the church's ban on women priests, saying, "That door is closed." But Schuller said the question is, "Who closed the door?" adding, "It is not possible to think the discussion should be finished."
"We should not only knock on the door, but try to open it," Schuller said. The Catholic Church teaches that it cannot ordain women because Jesus willingly chose only men as his apostles. Advocates for women priests say he was only acting according to the customs of his time. Seventy percent of U.S. Catholics believe women should be allowed to be priests, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll earlier this year.U.S. bishops, including Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley and Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, have forbidden Schuller from speaking on church property. "Those who are not in harmony with Catholic Church teachings in what they speak about should not be given a venue," said Joe Kohn, spokesman for the Detroit archdiocese.
好的開始，但是接下來呢?
改革派神父讚揚教宗的新基調，但希望有更多的改變
一名因挑戰天主教有關禁忌話題的教義而在歐洲引起爭議的奧地利神父，對 方濟教宗最近關於同性戀權利的言論表示歡迎，不過他表示相關的討論應該可以更深入。赫爾穆特舒勒神父早在七月中旬出訪美國時，被美國主教禁止在天主教教會發言，他建議教會應該允許女性成為教士，而且同性戀者需要的不僅是憐憫，他們還需要正義。
舒勒在電話訪問中表示，教宗的言論是個「好的開始」，而同性戀人士似乎很樂意看到教會對他們的看法變得更友善。舒勒是一個以女性成為教士及神父結婚等禁忌議題挑戰天主教會而聲名大噪的奧地利神父組織「不服從的召喚」的 領袖。該組織於七月中旬在紐約展開美國十五個城市的訪問行程時，吸引了興高采烈的觀眾。方濟教宗結束最近巴西訪問回程時對記者發表的言論，提高了天主教教會對同性戀權利反對態度軟化的期望。有關同性戀神職人員的議題，方濟表示：「我有 什麼資格做平論呢？」不過他也重申了同性戀行為是一種罪孽的教會教義。
舒勒回應教宗的言論表示：「我認為那不光只是憐憫的問題，它也應該是一個關於尊重同性戀人士的公義問題。」關於任命女性為 教士的議題上，方濟重申了教會對女教士的禁令，他表示「那扇門 已經關閉了。」但舒勒認為那問題應該是「是誰關上了門？」他補充道：「人們不可能認為那項討論應該劃下句點了。」舒勒表示：「我們不僅要敲門，還要試圖打開它。」天主教教義 教導教會不能任命女性為教士，因為耶穌心甘情願地選擇了男人作為他的使徒。女教士的支持者表示，他只是按照他那個時代的習俗行事。今年早些時候的紐約時報 與哥倫比亞新聞頻道的調查顯示，百分之七十的美國天主教徒認為女性應該可以成為教士。
包括波士頓樞機主教尚恩奧馬利和底特律大主教艾倫維格農在內的多位美國主教，卻禁止舒勒在教會物業之內發言。底特律大主教區發言人喬科恩表示：「那些言論與天主教教義不一致的人不應獲得演說場地。」
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