Quote of the Week
- His Grace, the Archbishop of Wesminter, Vincent Nichols
- His Grace, the Archbishop of Wesminter, Vincent Nichols
So Now That We're All Saying What We're Thinking...
Over the years on this blog I have offered some commentary on Pope Francis and his bizarre, scandalous and increasingly diabolical pontificate. Of late, I have tried to keep it light, trying to offer some comic relief on the papacy arranged meticulously in a conference room in Hell. Later still, I stopped blogging, mostly due to time constraints, domestic and work commitments. Before I stopped blogging, I was confident enough in my own limited knowledge of the Church to offer some insights into what I thought had gone wrong in the time since 13 March 2013.
Reasons for the catastrophe I offered over the time were varied, from the election of a 'mad Pope' to the election of an apostate Bishop to the Papacy, to someone who was elected Pope but who resisted the Truth and simply taught his own beliefs instead. Who hasn't thought, 'Oh, he's a Jesuit, what could anyone expect?' Did I say these things explicitly? Some yes, others I expect not, because with this situat…
Reasons for the catastrophe I offered over the time were varied, from the election of a 'mad Pope' to the election of an apostate Bishop to the Papacy, to someone who was elected Pope but who resisted the Truth and simply taught his own beliefs instead. Who hasn't thought, 'Oh, he's a Jesuit, what could anyone expect?' Did I say these things explicitly? Some yes, others I expect not, because with this situat…
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It's a shame that he doesn't read the blogs a lot. They're a pretty important influence on the Church in this country now, I'd say.
Also it's a shame because if you look beneath the angry veneer of the big few widely read blogs, there's a lot of love, concern and respect for +Nichols and the others. The anger and frustration is about accountability and transparency in teaching the Faith. The anger's nothing to do with the men, and indeed if/when it comes to it the angry people on the internet, the professional thorns in the sides etc - they will be the first and loudest to defend the bishops and perhaps even to die for them if it comes to it. If any of the other bishops are reading this, we DO love you.
Ioannes! (to indicate that this is Paul bigging up his dad)
Our Lord said to the scribes and pharisees that they locked up the kingdom of heaven to others and did not walk in themselves.
I would argue that people who distort the truth or mislead others about what is gravely sinful, what could lead to a person's damnation, such as active homosexual relationships are doing exactly that.
The CDF wrote in 2003:
In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty.
The Archbishop instead of opposing those homosexual unions appears to be saying that they should be recognised as showing commitment.