tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post2275581893226716214..comments2024-03-28T11:36:20.629-04:00Comments on southern orders: AS USUAL, MY CLAIRVOYANCE YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS PROVED COMPLETELY CORRECT! WHAT CAN I SAY!Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-79961295630720532232013-08-31T09:15:26.016-04:002013-08-31T09:15:26.016-04:00I've stated on my blog and at that more libera...I've stated on my blog and at that more liberal blog, Praytell, that Pope Francis is not going to model the monarchy of Europe in his papacy, but the dictatorship of South America! That sounds harsh, I know, but what I meant is that this pope is going to enforce his vision and is exactly what you write John, "Francis, despite his informality and affability (which are not in the least bit feigned; the human warmth of the man shines through) is the iron fist in the velvet glove."Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-55561688710758500102013-08-31T09:00:57.296-04:002013-08-31T09:00:57.296-04:00Pope Francis regards nuncios as crucial to his (as...Pope Francis regards nuncios as crucial to his (as yet to be fully annunciated) programme of reform. Too often nuncios were catspaws of national Bishops' Conferences. To my mind the latter have had a wholly baneful effect. They became self-perpetuating oligarchies, preventing bishops from running their own dioceses, controlling episcopal appointments, and in the case of England and Wales arrogating to themselves the right to ignore dicasterial instructions when it didn't suit them.<br /><br />The present nuncio, Abp Mennini, is of a different stamp. Episcopal appointments (Davies of Shrewsbury, Gilbert of Aberdeen, Egan of Portsmouth, Hopes of East Anglia - the last-named a former Anglican who kick-started the Ordinariate and has celebrated the EF in Westminster Cathedral on more than one occasion) have been made on his recommendation. They are the shape of things to come, and when I look at recent appointments in the US like Cordileone and Sample I can't help but discern a trend.<br /><br />Unlike yourself, Father, I don't claim clairvoyance. Benedict, despite his "Rottweiler" reputation, was not by nature authoritarian. Francis, despite his informality and affability (which are not in the least bit feigned; the human warmth of the man shines through) is the iron fist in the velvet glove. I don't think he envisages a legatine form of governance, but he sees nuncios, the modern form of papal legates, as key players and one of the first things he did in his pontificate was to urge them to take a more active role. John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-32978523288375198462013-08-31T07:53:39.162-04:002013-08-31T07:53:39.162-04:00Fr, what numbers should I pick in the lottery this...Fr, what numbers should I pick in the lottery this week?<br />LOL!Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.com