Progressivist Sisters Rejoice over Laudato Si’
Marian T. Horvat, Ph.D.
My friend Jan asked me what I thought about the latest papal Encyclical “Laudato Si’,”
Francis’ 184-page on the environment. Right now we are seeing a barrage
of interpretations coming from conservative and traditional
commentators. In its essence, it followed the lines predicted by our web
editor Atila Guimarães in his column last month.
I thought it would be interesting to take Jan behind the enemy lines –
that is, into the progressivist Catholic camp, to see the reactions
there. What better camp to observe than that of the progressivist
sisters? Overwhelmingly, the sisters I found talked about feeling
excited, optimistic and grateful to their beloved Francis, who, they
declare, is putting the Church back on track in following the guidelines
of Vatican II and entering the modern world.
With this tactic, I am aiming at two birds with one stone: First, Jan will have a good idea of the evolutionary and communist tone of the Pope’s lamentable encyclical; second,
it makes evident the complete apostasy within the mainstream female
Orders, a fruit of Vatican II. Catholic sisters, once the shining light
of Catholic institutions admired everywhere for their fidelity to the
Faith and personal self-sacrifice, have become a new breed of religious
women. These sisters are committed to “social justice,”
green ecology, evolution and their academic careers.
A theology of evolution
Like most modern sisters, Franciscan Sr. Ilia Delio
has many academic titles. Among them, she is Haub Director of Catholic
Studies, visiting Professor at Georgetown University and general editor
of the book series Catholicity in an Evolving Universe. She praised the encyclical, calling it “remarkable.”
“It’s not just a statement, it’s a
teaching document, it’s an action document. It’s about the survival of
the planet – what we’re doing to it is a sin.”
Clearly Sr. Delio has a new notion of sin, which would no longer is a
violation of the Ten Commandments. No, sin lies in the “structures ...
inequalities of gender and the rich and the poor countries.” This is
what she affirms that Francis is teaching in the new encyclical.
She also shares
with Francis what she calls “a theology of evolution,” which is
developed in the encyclical in “a bold engagement with science.”
Affirming an ‘integral ecology’
Sr. Margaret Galiardi designed
and co-taught a class at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, Long
Island, titled “The Rights of Nature.” It was all about relationships
with humans and the earth, showing how humans have transgressed the
rights of “Mother Earth.”
She sees Francis’ encyclical as continuity with Paul VI’s phrase “integral development” that appeared in the 1967 Encyclical On the Progress of Peoples, a work Francis references in his document. Francis dedicates the fourth chapter in its entirety to “integral ecology,” which Galiardi re-terms as “whole-making,” that is, “making wholes where artificial and fallacious divisions have grown up over centuries.”
She also exults that, with Francis' words, “the biblically inspired
dominion model of relating to creation has been permanently retired,”
She asserts, “We must forcefully reject the notion that our being made
in the image of God justifies absolute domination over other creatures.”
In effect, she affirms, now we must recognize the rights of the earth
and every micro-organism, etc., which are all equal to man. This is how
the eco-feminist sisters are interpreting Laudato si.
Global warming ‘reality’
Susan Rose Francois is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
but, like so many modern religious, she does not bother to put the title
Sr. in front of her name. She was eagerly awaiting the document and
was not disappointed
with its contents: “It is certainly significant and meaningful to have a
religious and world leader with the credibility of Pope Francis, who
unequivocally states that we are presently witnessing a disturbing
warming of the climatic system … mainly as a result of human activity.”
So, we see that Francis has officially adopted the myth of global
warming or climate change as the root of his position, despite the lack
of scientific evidence that it exists and the many renowned scientists
who challenge that bogus position.
An ecumenical vision
Sr. Joan Brown was leading a women’s wilderness camping retreat in New Mexico, at right,
when Laudato Si was released. The participants are “Mennonites,
Catholics, former Catholics, Buddhists, agnostics – religion isn’t
important.” What matters, she notes,
is that “they are all very concerned about climate change, devastation
to the planet, an economic system that creates more poverty and
disparity, and a human path leading to the brink of destruction and
soulless lives of consumerism.”
She is a Franciscan sister who promotes the “new Cosmic Story” and
multicultural experiences. The encyclical ‘sings’ through her “like the
ancient Canticle of Creation by St. Francis.” Her "organizer’s
mind" is already at work planning how the Pope's encyclical can be of
service to issues like the Clean Power Plan, the Green Climate Fund and a
binding global treaty on climate change in Paris at the end of the
year.
How different are the missions and vocation of these post-Vatican II
sisters, not concerned about spreading the one true Faith but rather
completely immersed in ecology, “social justice” and establishing a one
world government.
An empowering tool
After discerning her vocation to “environmental ministry,” Philippine
Sister ‘Marvie’ (Marvelous) Misolas interned at the Maryknoll Ecological
Sanctuary in her country and is now running environmental seminars and
retreats there. She embraces the new social mission of Vatican II
sisters and believes the encyclical will help to “empower and guide activists” like herself to change the environmental laws of countries.
A green new world
“It is a time for all of us to wake up,” said Sr. Teresita Abraham, a
Presentation sister originally from India who lives in Zambia and is
creating the Garden of Oneness, an eco-spiritual organic garden and
retreat center. The encyclical, Abraham said,
is a wake-up call for Catholics and the entire world to “care for the
earth” and be in communion with God, with one another and all of
creation. “Pope Francis mentioned this trinity of God, humans and earth
throughout the encyclical,” she notes.
So, we have a new sacred trinity, a new notion of relationship with God
and a new way of being Catholic that ignores dogma and religion and
focus on experiencing the peace and sacredness of the Earth. The
Presentation sisters' spirituality, Abraham explains, is based on belief
in the sacredness of the earth and universe, which has become the prime
focus of their mission as sisters...
Fighting Capitalism’s ‘destructive system’
Nun on the Bus
sister Simone Campbell, director of NETWORK, a social justice lobby,
also underscores Francis’ message of an “integral ecology, not an
economy of exclusion.” She takes his environmental message into the
socio-political sphere emphasizing
what she considers to be Capitalism’s destructive system that has
resulted in “the marginalization of our most vulnerable sisters and
brothers and served as a principal cause of the current ecological
crisis.”
In Francis’ name, she calls on the world to challenge those who pollute
and dominate the Earth, to give greater voice to victims of learning and
domination, to indigenous communities, and to the marginalized in
society. “The income and wealth gap in our world is part of the
problem,” Campbell explains, and praises Francis for seeing “the
inter-connectedness” of climate, economic disparity, migration, hunger
and poverty. In her view Francis is promoting a one world order based
on the communist principles she shares.
A change in lifestyle
What all sisters note is that Francis is calling everyone to a change of
lifestyle. Is this meant to be a call to deeper spirituality, a return
to the practice of Faith and the Commandments, a moral renewal?
Absolutely not! It is a call to cut energy use, recycle, eat less meat
and buy locally produced food. It is a call to phase out use of fossil
fuels, improve public transportation and curb consumption. What Francis
and the Sisters are promoting is not only a miserablist Church, but a
communist society where no one is more than another and in which
everyone has the same rights as animals, trees, micro-organisms – every
living thing.
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