Churches
I recently read the article about Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk banning a nun from teaching in the Catholic Church because she believed that women should be allowed to be priests (Newspaper Article). She was told to publicly renounce her belief, and she refused. It reminded me of when a Pope from long ago made that same demand of Galileo – to renounce his belief that the Earth was not the center of the Universe. The remainder of Galileo’s life was marked by the struggle between his knowledge and the official position of the Church. In 1992, 360 years after the church’s official condemnation, the Catholic Church finally exonerated Galileo for his stance. Can any of us honestly publicly renounce something that we’ve thoughtfully come to believe true? Read more »

