Helmüt told me how the Initiative began in 2006. It arose because many priests felt that the Austrian Bishops and the Holy See are not addressing the serious crises which are affecting the Catholic Church right across the globe, but particularly in Austria. Furthermore, Helmüt argues that the Catholic Church shows little respect for the dignity of the baptized and refuses to allow priests and lay people to have any genuine involvement in the decision making processes of the Catholic Church.
…One of the senior officials agreed that none of the positions taken by the movement were heretical. However, a younger official declared that almost everything the movement was looking for was heretical.
Membership of the Initiative is open to all priests, including those who have left active ministry. The number of members now stands at around 500 priests out of a total of 3,000 priests in Austria.
Initiative is probably most famous for the Call to Disobedience which it published in 2010. This emerges from the reality that most priests will routinely give communion to couples in second relationships. Priests also regularly invite lay people, men and women to preach at Mass. These and other such pastoral responses are currently against the Canon Law of the Church, yet most priests silently continue with these practices.
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