tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post7874504599161426276..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: POPE FRANCIS TELLS PRIEST EVEN IF A PERSON CANNOT RECEIVE ABSOLUTION (I.E. IN A NON-RECOGNIZED MARRIAGE) DON'T BERATE THEM, COUNSEL THEM, BLESS THEMFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-69245932133806104792016-02-12T15:26:46.260-05:002016-02-12T15:26:46.260-05:00Burke was not attacked. He was replaced for, I su...Burke was not attacked. He was replaced for, I suspect, not being in favor of Pope Francis' plan to establish via Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus a simpler, less time-consuming process for granting annulments.<br /><br />That's what CEO's do when an underling is unable or unwilling to carry out the boss' plans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-42870677081124777612016-02-12T06:20:29.166-05:002016-02-12T06:20:29.166-05:00Burke.Burke.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-41767553635697073702016-02-11T22:20:02.474-05:002016-02-11T22:20:02.474-05:00So, you can't identify a single "beliving... So, you can't identify a single "beliving, traditional, devout Priest" who you think the Pope is attacking. Got it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-460024862648609012016-02-11T20:25:14.454-05:002016-02-11T20:25:14.454-05:00The Pope has referred many times to Priests he cal...The Pope has referred many times to Priests he calls "dogmatic," "rigid," etc. The obvious interpretation of this is conservative and traditional, all the while the Pope is appointing Vat II pimps, modernists, and welcoming to the Vatican a gabble of Marxists, homos, muzzles, and atheists. "It don't take a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-59950562599670255022016-02-11T17:25:53.162-05:002016-02-11T17:25:53.162-05:00Can you identify any of the "believing, tradi...Can you identify any of the "believing, traditional, devout Priests" you say the Pope is "attacking"? No. Your comment is without merit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-87678872049847246942016-02-11T08:05:23.520-05:002016-02-11T08:05:23.520-05:00The Priests that are "attacked" on this ...The Priests that are "attacked" on this blog are perceived to be modernists who do not really believe the articles of the Creed. The Priests the Pope is attacking are believing, traditional, devout Priests. Pay attention.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-71133822579720148312016-02-11T07:44:17.967-05:002016-02-11T07:44:17.967-05:00Anonymous,
Could there be a difference between co...Anonymous,<br /><br />Could there be a difference between concerns about priests expressed by laymen on a blog, and concerns about priests expressed by the bishop of Rome via the Vatican media?Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-9683826604307013522016-02-10T16:31:18.935-05:002016-02-10T16:31:18.935-05:00The way many here attack priests, I find it very h...The way many here attack priests, I find it very hypocritical that those same people now defend priests against what they perceive to be attacks from the Holy Father.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-76798233900406503422016-02-10T14:51:13.826-05:002016-02-10T14:51:13.826-05:00I totally agree with Anonymous at 11:18 it makes m...I totally agree with Anonymous at 11:18 it makes me angry as well that he is so tough on priests. The life of a priest is tough enough I would have thought without the Holy Father adding to his burden. He is supposed to be a father to them and should be treating them in the same manner as he exhorts them to treat the faithful. Having said that I have never come across priests in confession who have been as he describes. Does it mean that this is what priests in Argentina are like? Anyway, what young man is going to want to answer the call to priesthood at the moment when the man at the top comes across the way that he does?<br /><br />I wonder if any of the apologists for Pope Francis can find a similar sermon from any other pope that scrapes the bottom of the barrel as some of Pope Francis's sermons do. To avoid blowing a fuse I just don't read anything that he says because it is usually far from edifying or building up and certainly not in the mould of St Francis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-80129671971000128722016-02-10T06:55:55.106-05:002016-02-10T06:55:55.106-05:00Anonymous,
Only the priests of the Diocese of Rom...Anonymous,<br /><br />Only the priests of the Diocese of Rome are "his priests". Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-85202606985987486302016-02-09T23:18:16.186-05:002016-02-09T23:18:16.186-05:00Our priests once again get only negative comments ...Our priests once again get only negative comments aimed at them, I in my lifetime have never seen a Pope PUT DOWN his priests on every occasion he can. There is something terribly wrong with Francis, it makes me angry how he treats his priests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-43091220136038140452016-02-09T21:09:14.752-05:002016-02-09T21:09:14.752-05:00I was thrown out of the confessional once. In 6th...I was thrown out of the confessional once. In 6th grade I went on a Lenten morning and was told to get out so some grown up who needed to be in confession could get in.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-68808318493914755882016-02-09T19:55:35.248-05:002016-02-09T19:55:35.248-05:00The best question I've been asked by a priest ...The best question I've been asked by a priest in Confession is, "Why did you do that?"<br /><br />I have had priests give me a firm talking to in the Confessional -- in the same way a father or brother would give a firm talking to a son or brother out of love. Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-78787663473657305762016-02-09T17:18:07.389-05:002016-02-09T17:18:07.389-05:00I've been fussed at by Priests in the Confessi...I've been fussed at by Priests in the Confessional before and deserved every word of it.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-63564741458762302602016-02-09T16:26:48.512-05:002016-02-09T16:26:48.512-05:00He does seem to have the tendency to grant that th...He does seem to have the tendency to grant that the common caricatures about priests are true, and it is in correction of these caricatures that he speaks. Honestly, where are all these hard-core, inflexible, wealthy and overly-pious priests that cause him so much worry? Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-40724825703430320052016-02-09T15:49:30.121-05:002016-02-09T15:49:30.121-05:00More ambiguous and vague stuff from the alleged Vi...More ambiguous and vague stuff from the alleged Vicar of Christ. Just what does "broad-minded" mean, anyway?Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-6386103929548416952016-02-09T12:59:35.409-05:002016-02-09T12:59:35.409-05:00I too cannot ever remember a priest giving me a ha...I too cannot ever remember a priest giving me a hard time in the Confessional. If anything, I think most priests are almost over-cautious to be easygoing on penitents.<br /><br />I know this is a hackneyed analogy, but I'll throw it out there anyway. If a patient sees a doctor, the doctor diagnoses a potentially fatal illness, but tells the patient that he is in good health so he won't feel upset when he leaves, that doctor is a QUACK. <br /><br />Confession IS the "tribunal of mercy" but the mercy part doesn't really take unless we have a person who acknowledges that they NEED God's mercy. If someone goes to Confession and the priest--the "doctor" treating his soul--fails to tell him objectively what he needs to do, then that priest is a quack. A priest can be as gentle and kind in his tone as possible, but he also has to be honest. <br /><br />So I'm confused: What kind of mercy or treatment is Pope Francis requiring here?Cletus Ordonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-39338619058649472332016-02-09T12:53:51.250-05:002016-02-09T12:53:51.250-05:00It's par for the course. Mass for the 'wor...It's par for the course. Mass for the 'world-wide Capuchin community' in Italian, for God's sake - hardly a world language. Still, I suspect most of them don't know Latin either. John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-9783200036321881942016-02-09T09:40:28.081-05:002016-02-09T09:40:28.081-05:00Do you know why Pope Francis didn't wear a mit...Do you know why Pope Francis didn't wear a mitre for this mass: is this a Shrove Tuesday custom I don't know about? He sometimes ditches the ferula and palium (and Guido Marini) when celebrating mass elsewhere in Rome (e.g at the Gesu church), but up until now he's always worn a mitre on these occasions.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13873507031809422203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-31528025055289489652016-02-09T09:20:42.599-05:002016-02-09T09:20:42.599-05:00The pope must have had terrible experiences with p...The pope must have had terrible experiences with priests when he was growing up. For that, I feel sorry for him since it seems to have left him with a sore spot for priests. I've been to many parishes and many priests for Confession, and I've never experienced anything like seems to underlie these quips from the Holy Father.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.com