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To: Mrs. Don-o

All that is good to know...but can the Bishop of Rome remove these apostate bishops? That is, removing those who allow the state to control our lives?


75 posted on 03/15/2010 10:41:14 AM PDT by eleni121 (For Jesus did not give us a timid spirit , but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline)
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To: eleni121
Well, that is THE question. I would settle for the abolition of the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) --- the DC bureaucracy.

As it is, the Pope does not unilaterally fire bishops. As far as I know (and I am no canonical expert) ordinarily bishops' offices can only be vacated by death, resignation, or specific violation of canon law, of which the bishop has been convicted in a canonical court.

Now in my opinion, almost each and every Bishop in the USA is in violation of Canon 915, to which I alluded before.

Archbishop Raymond Burke, the head of the Church equivalent of the "Supreme Court" in Rome, is apparently in agreement that these bishops are violating canon law, but it has all become a huge controversy in the church, partly because of the Church's desire to leave civil government in the hands of civil government, and not be seen as trying to control governments through means of church discipline.

The outcome of this is far from certain.

I have very strong views on it myself, but of course, I'm not the pope. (By the way, I just talked about this and related topics, to a member of my bishop's staff yesterday.)

Please pray for us. We urgently need it.

76 posted on 03/15/2010 11:03:02 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (USCCB delenda est.)
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