[Another Catholic nondenominational and a minister to boot]
Can a Catholic be a minister of a non-Catholic sect?
By Phil Lawler | October 10, 2012
www.catholicculture.org/commentary/the-city-gates.cfm?id=420
Can a minister of a non-Catholic denomination still be classified as a Catholic? The Washington Post seems to think so, notes the perceptive critic Terry Mattingly, who regularly exposes the tone-deafness of the secular media regarding religious affairs.
A Post profile of Chip DiPaula Jr., a Maryland political operative who is now working for legal recognition of same-sex marriage, notes that DiPaula is a Catholic. But the same story goes on to report that DiPaula “is an authorized nondenominational Christian minister and has officiated at the weddings of a few family members and friends.” Thus he is recognized by some institution—obviously not the Catholic Church—as a member of the clergy. Yet the Post identifies him as a Catholic, without adding even an asterisk. Is that competent reporting? Mattingly presses the question:
At this point, in other words, in the eyes of Post editors, does the Catholic Church itself have any say in deciding whether a person is or is not a Catholic?
Can a Catholic be a minister of a non-Catholic sect?
You bet they can, Phil! And with papal approval. Look at the prior of Taize, Brother Alois; he’s Catholic and his sect is not.
Wake up, Phil. The fish rots at the head.
I’d love to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony……
Multicult(ur)al montanism, it’s the real thing! ( Settle for nothing less, dudes! )