Ping!
Good news. I must admit that I’m still holding my breath, but this is a great appointment.
It still remains to be seen how all this will work out. Let us pray!
Prayers for the people of Philadelphia Archdiocese.
He used the word ‘papist’. Anti-Catholic bigotry or common usage?
Our prayers continue to be with Thomas Peters the Papist for his complete recovery. It is great so see his blog posts. Maybe it is not news for everyone else but it is the first one I see after the accident.
May the Lord grant His servant Thomas complete recovery, in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen.
I don’t think the conservatives should expect political consistency from Pope Francis in the social sphere, but I like this appointment a lot. Congratulations to His Grace.
This is good news, but aren’t people seeing what they want to see here? We can hardly pretend that the Pontifical Council for the Laity is in any way comparable to the Congregation for Bishops. The former is only concerned with assisting the Holy Father in his dealing with the laity, their various movements and their collective contributions generally. The latter has direct and immediate influence, if not quite control, over the selection of bishops. And this is to ignore that congregations are simply more powerful to begin with, having executive power whereas pontifical councils do not. Personally, I don’t really see this as being in any way the kind of news that the changes to the Congregation for Bishops was.
***This, my papist friends, is a big deal.****
So why am I called out for using the term Papist?
This isn’t about “conservative” and “liberal.” That’s 90s talk. It’s about the New Evangelization and the huge mess we’re in because we’ve been dragging our feet so long like clueless dorks. Catch Up!!!!
“Barely two months ago the ecclesiastical news circuit was rocked with the revelation that Pope Francis had decided not to renew Cardinal Burke’s membership on the Congregation for Bishops”
Cardinal Burke put that lie to rest this past Thursday on The World Over on EWTN. He said his assignment to the Congregation for Bishops was up for renewal and he didn’t particularly want it renewed. He said the Pope had every right to appoint someone else. It didn’t bother Burke in the least. He goes on to say he’s the current Cardinal Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, and meets with Pope Francis regularly. He said Francis has never indicated he is not satisfied with his performance.
He also goes on to say that Cardinal Kaspar is dead wrong on wanting divorced Catholics to receive communion and said he thinks this will never happen. He said what will probably happen is Pope Francis will come down hard on Kaspar and the renegade Germany bishops.
***This, my papist friends, is a big deal.***
PAPIST?!? I was told, right here on FR, that is an offensive term!
Wondering who will be appointed to the Philadelphia Archdiocese.