Posted on 10/12/2020 7:08:24 PM PDT by marshmallow
CA bishop's rebuff typifies 'seamless garment' heterodoxy
LOS ANGELES (ChurchMilitant.com) - A California prelate is suggesting that archdiocesan seminarians displeased with Pope Francis should become Protestants.
"I'm incensed and I need to give voice to why I am angry," said Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Edward Clark recently in a social media post. "I recently learned that there are seminarians at our archdiocesan seminary who are vocally anti-Pope Francis."
Clark was referring to St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, California, where he received a master's degree in religion in 1972.
His post continued:
They [the seminarians] criticize faculty members who are loyal to the pope and they refer to our seminary as a FFZ — Francis Free Zone. Catholics who stand in opposition to the Holy Father, Pope Francis, are really Protestants at heart and should find a Protestant church where they can be happy. Priests who voice opposition to the Holy Father are disloyal to the vows of their ordination.
And seminarians who speak against the Holy Father should do the Church a favor and forget about becoming a priest. They are disloyal to the priesthood of Jesus Christ and are a source of division in the community of apostolic faith that Jesus prayed would always be one.
But many seminarians see the situation differently than Clark.
Church Militant's Michael Voris regularly speaks with seminarians from across the world — and especially in the United States.
"In summary, they are sick of the gay network and see themselves as the vanguard for restoring real concern for souls, liturgical regularity and doctrinal purity," he said.
"It will take time," Voris added. "Faithful Catholics should pray for their fortitude."
"A bishop like Clark is the prototypical enemy of Christ and His teachings and is correctly perceived as such," he lamented.
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Well, perhaps this could be explained by the fact that “Is the Pope Catholic?” is no longer a rhetorical question.
Excommunicate the pope.
>source of division in the community of apostolic faith that Jesus prayed would always be one.
Must never have read the Epistles.
Does one owe allegiance to God OR the Pope? They are synonymous no matter what council or doctrine is quoted. If a God fearing seminarian wishes to enter or participate in the RCC, is this person to be turned away on the whim of one man?
FTA:
“In summary, they are sick of the gay network and see themselves as the vanguard for restoring real concern for souls, liturgical regularity and doctrinal purity,” he said.
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We thank Thee, Holy Spirit, for sending such men. May their numbers increase.
No. Not rhetorical and not Catholic, at least in the traditional sense of Catholicism.
Pope dude’s a commie pinko fag.
“Pope” Frank is an idol worshipper.
The laity are told that all we can do is pray, hope, and write letters to our religious superiors.
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