UNITED STATES
National Catholic Reporter
Michael Sean Winters | May. 8, 2015
A group of U.S. clergy is circulating a statement addressed to the delegates who will meet in Rome in October for the Synod of Bishops on the family, urging them to “stand firm on the Church’s traditional understanding of marriage, human sexuality and pastoral practices.”
The statement was crafted by Credo Priests, a group organized by Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, pastor at St. Michael Catholic Church in Annandale, Va. Pokorsky did not return a phone call requesting an interview.
The Credo Priests are asking other U.S. priests, diocesan and those of religious orders, to sign the statement, which is available at www.credopriests.org. About 850 priests had added names to the website by Friday afternoon.
Among the signers are five U.S. bishops: Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Ill.; Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck, N.D.; Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Neb.; Bishop Robert Finn, formerly of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo.; and Rene Gracida, retired bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas.
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