tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post2545223914188027813..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: IN THE MIDST OF MASSIVE CONFUSION A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD CARDINAL BRINGS SOME CLARITY TO AMORIS LAETITIA BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER, WOULDN'T IT, THAT THE HOLY FATHER HIMSELF PROVIDE THIS PASTORAL SOLICITUDE TO A CONFUSED CHURCH WHICH HIS HOLINESS HAS FOMMENTED?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-62830327416851055702017-04-08T17:46:10.038-04:002017-04-08T17:46:10.038-04:00When will Cardinal Burke and the other cardinals h...When will Cardinal Burke and the other cardinals have the nerve to formally correct Francis. What is taking so long. And why are the bishops of faithful countries/continents like Poland and Africa not speaking up. Their silence in the face of this heresy is scandalous. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-82550475567719616672017-04-08T16:27:00.195-04:002017-04-08T16:27:00.195-04:00Bee here:
With all due respect Fr. McD, regarding...Bee here:<br /><br />With all due respect Fr. McD, regarding this controversy over Amoris Laetitia, when you give people a loophole, they will go through it.<br /><br />The softer line on this issue of Holy Communion for adulterers, even if it is meant to be used in the most extreme circumstances under the counsel of a priest, will in reality turn out to be that little hole in the dike that eventually cracks open to allow a flood of mortal sin. And then what? Try to pull back from that after the damage to souls is already done? Like we have now in the Church over almost everything that used to be considered sinful? <br /><br />We are talking about allowing the actual and real abuse of Jesus Christ Himself; as real as if we were giving a nod of consent to those Romans with the flagrum whips to beat Him more. Think about it. Jesus is forced to enter the body of a person in the state of mortal sin. It is unbelievable that the Church would condone this in any circumstance. How far have we fallen? (Well, of course, if one no longer believes in the Real Presence, then the point is moot, right?)<br /><br />Clergy questions why churches are empty. Compromise with the world leads to abandonment of the Faith. Always has, always will. When those at the top (the Pope and bishops) waver on the Gospel, the war goes very well for the enemy of souls.<br /><br />I just shake my head in dismay. I realize I live in interesting times....<br /><br />God bless,<br />BeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-2081228430082954092017-04-08T16:04:47.898-04:002017-04-08T16:04:47.898-04:00"I have read that the Pope actually wants to ..."I have read that the Pope actually wants to leave questions open."<br /><br />It has always (previously) been understood that the primary duty of the pope is to defend and preserve the deposit of faith. In effect, to continually declare <i><b>closed</b></i> all de fide questions that may arise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-40245609964918573402017-04-08T14:22:44.486-04:002017-04-08T14:22:44.486-04:00The pope has been very clear on his intention. It&...The pope has been very clear on his intention. It's just that most people refuse to accept it because his opinion is heretical. One need only look at the guideline for applying Amoris Laetitia in the Diocese of Rome to see how the bishop of Rome interprets the document.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-18163982397935215622017-04-08T13:15:09.744-04:002017-04-08T13:15:09.744-04:00'... the exhortation places greater emphasis o...'... the exhortation places greater emphasis on the role of the individual conscience in appropriating those moral norms in the person's actual circumstances.'<br /><br />But moral norms cannot be appropriated; they cannot be made someone's private property, because they would then cease to be norms.<br /><br />I can only assume that the good cardinal meant to say 'in applying those moral norms'. But if so, we are back to where we started, and this does not clarify anything.<br /><br />There has arisen a virtual cottage industry engaged in interpreting Bergoglian utterances. I have read that the Pope actually wants to leave questions open. But the first duty of the Pontiff is to confirm the brethren in matters of faith and morals, and one cannot be confirmed in uncertainty.<br /><br />Therefore the Pope is failing in his duty, and if so, is unworthy of his office.John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.com