Padre Alberto’s Friend

If she loves the priest, she doesn’t love the man. It is a package deal. She loves the man, a man who happens to be a priest. I am sure that is who Padre Alberto’s friend fell in love with. If he is joining the Episcopal Church, it must be because he wants both her and religion, in one way or another. Eugenia Renskoff

Priestly Compassion?

Wednesday, May 27, 2009: To a woman who was, or is in love, with a Roman Catholic priest, rules and regulations are not the heart of the matter. She wants to know how her love will end. Will it end happily or will she have to cry and forget the guy? Compassion for human suffering is missing from the equation. When people put themselves in such a woman’s place, maybe things will start to change in the Church. Until then, rules and regulations are just talk, talk.

Feelings Towards a woman

Tuesday, May 27, 2009: If a priest is a man, he can have feelings towards a woman. The fact that he took a vow does not stop him from feeling. He is, after all, a human being. The important thing is: What will he do about his feelings? Will he act upon them or sweep them under the huge Roman Catholic Church Carpet?

Priests in Love

Tuesday, May 26, 2009: Many priests do nothing when they fall in love. Some lead back street lives with their women, while others pretend she does not exist.

Forced Celibacy?

no one is forced to be ordained, but how many young men believe in celibacy before they become priests? Many. Many cultures, like the Latino, Italian and Irish cultures want a son to be a priest. Many are pushed into it. Trust me. I know. You are not forced, but you have stars oin your eyes and maybe you think, if I become a priest, I can change the world or I can help people, whatever. Then, sometimes, they run into a woman or situation that tests their celibacy. We are all human. I am sure you are too. Eugenia Renskoff

Optional Celibacy?

No, you are wrong. We do not have optional celibacy. You have to make a vow of celibacy before you are ordained. The vow can be broken if a man/priest falls in love. There is no sin when that happens. Feelings are feelings and repression is harmful. Very harmful. Isn’t the Church all for Love? And shouldn’t that love be human (as in man/woman) and not just spiritual, serving the parishioners kind of love? Both loves are very noble and should be part of a priest’s life if he so chooses. Eugenia Renskoff

Padre Alberto Again

Yes, he did break an oath, but so does a married man when he has an affair. That is wrong too and he could argue (as it is often done) that his wife is getting old or she doesn’t understand the poor man.I feel that priests should be allowed (though allowed may not be the right word because it makes them sound like little kids) to marry, have a girlfriend, if they want. If they don’t want, that’s fine, too so long as they have a choice. Their personal lives should be separate from the ministry and nobody is perfect. I have known several priests (including the one I loved years ago) and I could lecture on this at the Vatican. They are men and men will be tempted by a pretty woman. Not all of them, but enough to make this Celibacy Rule ridiculous. Eugenia Renskoff haedo1881@yahoo.com, http://beccar.blogharbor.com

Padre Alberto

If this is so (that Padre Alberto has been found with a woman), he’s a man, isn’t he? One more reason why the Celibacy thing should be outlawed or something like it. But we won’t change it. Only the Church, when it is in the mood to stop denying that priests are not really men and that they can do without love and sex, can do that. Eugenia Renskoff haedo1881@yahoo.com, http://beccar.blogharbor.com

Priests with Kids

Why is it so difficult to understand that yes, the Church does in all probability know that President Lugo has fathered several children with several women? I wish our knowing this could change the Priestly Celibacy ruling, which is and has always been on the hypocritical side. Things will not change until somebody in power (The Pope, for instance) has the need to do something about it. Eugenia Renskoff

Priests and Love

I feel that the Church has put too much emphasis on the sacredness of the religious calling. The Church has to do that in order to get men to become priests. But in my experience (and I can safely say that I am an expert in this) priests are human beings. They fall in love (some of them) and are tempted. Some leave the Church for the women they love, some don’t. Those who choose not to leave are in some cases haunted by that decision for the rest of their lives. And the women they have left behind are haunted as well. Eugenia Renskoff