tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post8001456154235862414..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: HASN'T POPE BENEDICT'S PAPACY BEEN INTRIGUING?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-61707840703589163182012-05-29T21:00:21.227-04:002012-05-29T21:00:21.227-04:00This (SSPX) bishop is clearly not functioning on a...This (SSPX) bishop is clearly not functioning on all cylinders<br /><br />The Roman Church has a few of their own who need a tuneup or trade in :>)the Egyptianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07215093180074844386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-63701101595513724622012-05-27T12:42:36.586-04:002012-05-27T12:42:36.586-04:00While tensions on theology and liturgy dominate di...While tensions on theology and liturgy dominate discussions amongst the faithful and diocesan clergy, in reality much of the tension amongst higher levels of the clergy has to do with much more mundane matters of personal temperament and in Rome, with nationality. In other words, not much difference than the typical workplace politics. <br /><br />If I had to place the source for the events of the Pontificate of Benedict XVI I would focus on the avalanche as a possible model. At the top, a Pontiff who prided himself on being somewhat indifferent to the Roman Curia (Blessed John Paul II), was replaced with one who could be considered (among many other gifts) a true administrator. Just below him, many of the key administrators (Cardinal Prefects) were replaced by "outsiders", the two most notable being Bertone and Levada. In contrast, just below them you have an actual increasing number of Italian Cardinals. At the bottom, you have lay workers whose daily routine has not changed in 200 years attempting to deal with the reality of Social Media.<br /><br />Different layers each with different histories and attributes is the recipe for an avalanche. In the same way, it is also the likely cause for most if not all of the blunders the Vatican has seen in the last seven years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-44786176436766284482012-05-27T08:00:15.243-04:002012-05-27T08:00:15.243-04:00Might I add:
Most people who have been...Might I add:<br /><br /> Most people who have been following the Latin Mass movement over the last fifteen or twenty years, including myself, knew about SSPX Bishop Williamson's views (denying the extent of the Holocaust) BEFORE the lifting of the excommunications. <br /><br />I remember telling a retired priest (who had regularly been our "fill in" priest) about this problem right before the excommunications were lifted. Now, if a small-town lawyer (with no connection to the SSPX) in southeast Georgia could know about Williamson, why didn't the guys close to the Pope know?Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-78465050741068456222012-05-27T07:25:54.145-04:002012-05-27T07:25:54.145-04:00Based on articles I have read, I am strongly suspi...Based on articles I have read, I am strongly suspicious of Cardinal Bertone and his office of the Vatican Secretary of State. However, the problems this office causes are not limited to his (Bertone's) tenure. Apparently there has been a long-standing tension between the CDF (which Ratzinger used to head but even predating his tenure as Prefect there)and the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State usually seems to be on the "liberal" side of things while the CDF (what used to be called "The Holy Office") tends to be on the "conservative," or traditionalist, side (just my perception, mind you!).<br /><br />The most recent example of this obstructionism by the Secretary of State had to do not with the Holy Office (my preferred term) but with the Congregation for Divine Liturgy's effort to reintroduce Gregorian Chant into more Papal liturgies and, ultimately, throughout the Church. It seems the Secretary of State has its own choir which it prefers to see used at Papal liturgies abroad which it sees as part of its diplomatic function in presenting its more progressive vision of the Church to the world.<br /><br />Ultra-Fatimists (Fr. Gruner's group) will also point to Cardinal Bertone's role in denying that the Third Secret of Fatima has not yet been fully revealed. Considering Fr. Gruner's juridical status, I'm not as sure about that one, but it makes for interesting reading.<br /><br />At any rate, (and based on the more credible and obvious things that have happened) I think the Pope needs to clean house at the Office of the Secretary of State. One major Vatican office should not be working at cross-purposes with another!Joseph Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036852763902493131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-34251999809163501872012-05-27T06:07:21.715-04:002012-05-27T06:07:21.715-04:00I don't know if you realize it Father, but it ...I don't know if you realize it Father, but it is ever so refreshing to hear (read) a priest actually talk about angels and demons.<br /><br />Good God, how pre-Vateken Tew are you?!ytcnoreply@blogger.com