Posted on 03/11/2013 7:00:00 AM PDT by Weiss White
Q: Could you please comment on the assertions by Cardinal Mahony [of Los Angeles, California] that he is required to participate in the upcoming conclave? Many Catholics are grouping to protest his participation. –Douglas
A: Douglas is referring to the highly publicized case of the Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, Roger Cardinal Mahony, who is currently in Rome to participate in the conclave, now scheduled to begin on March 12. Unlike the other cardinal-electors, Cardinal Mahony’s presence here has unleashed a storm of criticism from Catholics around the world, who have been insisting that he should recuse himself from voting for the next Pope.
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I’ve NEVER respected Roger Mahony. I think he’s one of those false priests that neatly encapsulates almost everything that’s wrong with the Catholic Church, and which gives it a bad name.
He’s awful, but unfortunately, there’s not really a way, this late in the game, of preventing him from voting in the Conclave - without giving the liberals (whose side he’s on, of course) the opportunity to claim that the conclave is illegitimate and invalid.
If it’s any consolation, one of the reporters from Rome was in a restaurant where groups of other cardinals were dining and saw Mahony dining...alone. I don’t think he’s got much influence left.
Points to somewhat of a hypocracy in this conclave business, doesn’t it?
Nobody said you had to be morally perfect to vote in the conclave. I think he should have removed himself, as O’Brien did, but there really wasn’t anyway of removing him before that without giving the liberal forces the chance to claim that the vote was invalid (because of his absence).
Mahony is still a big hero to the liberals. The only thing they don’t like is that he got caught.
Because he can.
He’s just got one vote. And I doubt whether he has much influence on anyone else. His successor in LA can ban him from priestly activities in the diocese, but it would take something more to ban him from the conclave.
“This conclave business” is nothing less than the work of the holy spirit. Organizations run by men will be imperfect ( the hypocrisy of which you speak) because All men are sinners, including cardinals.
What is perfect is the Holy Spirit and the implementation of the will of God. The next Pope is Christ’s chosen apostle... just like Peter ( whom if we remember denied Christ 3 times.)
Guys like Mahony are why so many “Catholics” are pro-abortion,
pro-”gay”, pro-illegals and vote straight lib dim socialist slates.
So, what’s wrong with Mahoney? Why do the catholics get upset over everything?
What is perfect is the Holy Spirit and the implementation of the will of God. The next Pope is Christ’s chosen apostle... just like Peter ( whom if we remember denied Christ 3 times.)
Read a piece not long ago where your most recent pope claimed the the Holy Spirit had little, if any thing to do with picking popes...I would tend to agree with him...
I hope Mahony’s vote isn’t the one who gives someone exactly the two-thirds majority to win. Often the winning candidate has much more than 2/3 on the final ballot—let’s hope it’s the case this time so we don’t have to wonder if one discredited cardinal may have made the difference.
could you reference the article for me so I could read it please...
Judas was one of the Twelve.
One of his early writings wasn’t it?
which one?
Yes he was, and it was God’s will.
Simple answer: He has no choice; he must participate.
I lived in California many years ago and was a church-going Catholic.
Mahoney would frequently appear at news conferences and urge people to vote for democrats. He was at the forefront of many liberal causes, including gun-grabbing laws in California.
He flew around L.A. in a private helicopter while advocating for higher taxes and amnesty for illegals.
In addition, he helped cover up for abusive priests.
I have no use for him.
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