Posted on 11/16/2021 6:27:54 PM PST by marshmallow
In an unusual interview published by Vatican News ahead of the U.S. bishops’ vote this week on the document titled “The Mystery of the Eucharist in the Life of the Church,” Cardinal Roger Mahoney, the retired Archbishop of Los Angeles, calls the upcoming document “totally unnecessary,” because, he says, it “was intended primarily to go after and penalize Catholic legislators.”
Last June, the U.S. bishops overwhelmingly voted 174 to 55 in favor of crafting the document. A vote on a final draft is expected to come Nov. 17.
The interview, conducted by Sister Bernadette M. Reis, an American Daughter of St. Paul with a degree in Spanish and English Literature and who has spent several years researching “various women’s issues,” is titled “Card Mahony encourages U.S. bishops to take the ‘pathway to constructive dialogue,’” yet the retired prelate levels pointed criticism at his fellow U.S. bishops, who he blames for lacking an attitude of “constructive dialogue.”
“If we had really had this honest dialogue among ourselves and got to understand each other’s positions and then acted as the communion of Bishops with our unity, we could have found a path forward. I believe we would have decided we do not need this document,” Mahony says.
Mahony predicts in the interview that “no one is going to read” the document. “It will never have any impact because, right after the holidays, we’re getting into this Eucharistic Revival, which is what we should be doing in the first place,” the 85-year-old cardinal says.
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No mention of the Most Irreverend Mahony’s relationship with pedophiles? How come the Profane One doesn’t mind politicizing immigration? Oh yes, because he grew up running a plantation with illegal aliens for slaves! That’s different!
I’m encouraged by the fact that the actions of the bishops has the demons screaching and hissing!
As is typical with liberals both inside and outside of the Church, "dialogue" means that everyone must agree with them.
Mahony also argues that it is not possible to demand that Catholic politicians be consistent with their proclaimed Catholic faith. “First of all, we are a democratic republic. Our country’s path is one of separation of church and state. And so, it’s a very difficult position for politicians, Catholics, who are pressured by some in the Church to make all of the decisions based on Catholic Church doctrine,” Mahony argues.
Voters come first for Mahony, God comes in a far second.
Very simple. Stop identifying yourself as a “Catholic candidate” if you support positions contrary to the teachings of the Church. Then support whatever abominations you want.
And Mahony should stop identifying himself as a “Catholic cardinal”.
Maybe as a “franciscardinal”.
The writer of the article is deliberately deceiving the readers and misleading the audience.
Mr. Roger Mahoney has been removed from the clerical status in the Church and he was expelled as Archbishop of Los Angeles. Sadly, Mr. Manoney prefers boys at night and pretends to be a priest during the day. Proof? The LA Times did a six part story about Mahoney’s crimes in 2009 and at other times.
“Catholics, who are pressured by some in the Church to make all of the decisions based on Catholic Church doctrine”
Mahony is actually worse on this than Bergoglio. The latter is at least willing to admit that fetal homicide is a scientific fact, not a point of “Catholic doctrine.”
“And Mahony should stop identifying himself as a “Catholic cardinal”.”
You’re not wrong. If there was justice, he’d be identified as Prisoner #666,666 in the “special” wing of some State Pen.
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