Fwd: Fw: Petition for papal statement confirming Catholic marriage doctrine

[Nancy Kenny]

This comes from John Kippley, the author of the NFP book most of you are familiar with!  Please prayerfully consider his request.

Nancy Kenny

pmcow...@gmail.com

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From: John F. Kippley <jfki...@fuse.net>
Date: Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:25 AM
Subject: Fw: Petition for papal statement confirming Catholic marriage doctrine
To: Aanon <ros...@fuse.net>

Friends,

 

I dislike anything that smacks of politics within the Church and would normally ignore this.  However, I respect Father Brian Harrison and Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, so it is in union with them that I forward this message to you.

John F. Kippley

 

From: Brian Harrison

Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:12 PM

To: Brian Harrison

Subject: Petition for papal statement confirming Catholic marriage doctrine

 

Dear Friends,

 

The link below is to a petition first signed by Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, Cardinal Walter Brandmueller, Bishop Athanasius Schneider, among many other prominent Catholic personalities. It filially requests His Holiness Pope Francis to make a clear statement upholding the traditional, orthodox  teaching of the Church on the issues of Holy Communion for the divorced and "remarried", and homosexual unions. The context of the petition is the present time of preparation for the upcoming Synod of Bishops on the Family. It is being circulated internationally in a number of different languages.

 

I have just signed the petition and warmly encourage you to consider not only signing it, but also forwarding it to your own email contacts who you anticipate will be in sympathy with this important initiative. It can be accessed and signed at the following link.  This is the kind of petition that needs not just tens, but hundreds of thousands of signatures to make a real impact. (And don't worry - unlike so many petition drives, this one doesn't have 'strings attached', and I mean tugging at your purse-strings!)

 

http://filialappeal.org/

 

Let us also pray and make sacrifices during the upcoming Lenten season with the intention that the October Synod and the Holy Father do not yield ground to the relentless and powerful spirit of the world, and firmly uphold Catholic teaching and discipline on these matters which are so vital for the well-being of marriage and the family.

 

    Yours in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,

 

     Fr. Brian W. Harrison, O.S.