Fleming said that in setting the process in motion, he had been inspired by Pope Francis, who said in his message for the 2016 World Communications Day that "listening … means being able to share questions and doubts, to journey side by side, to banish all claims to absolute power and to put our abilities and gifts at the service of the common good."
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In 2009, Bp. Fleming and the Killala Council of Priests decided that no provision should be made for the celebration of the Mass in the Extraordinary Form.
The Ecclesia Dei Commission, under Cdl. Darío Castrillón Hoyos, wrote to Bp. Fleming insisting that the restriction was forbidden under Church law since Pope Benedict had made universal provision for the availability of the Latin Mass.
1 posted on
09/24/2019 8:35:48 AM PDT by
ebb tide
To: Al Hitan; Coleus; DuncanWaring; ebb tide; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; JoeFromSidney; kalee; ...
2 posted on
09/24/2019 8:36:18 AM PDT by
ebb tide
(We have a rogue curia in Rome)
To: ebb tide
In Ireland????........................
3 posted on
09/24/2019 8:37:28 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: ebb tide
an analysis of clergy numbers indicated that the 22 parishes of the diocese would be served by three to six priests by 2037.
Those numbers are stark and unrelenting, and are driving much of this. The Church cannot survive a Parishoner/Priest ratio that is this far out of whack.
4 posted on
09/24/2019 8:41:21 AM PDT by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: ebb tide
Diocese votes?
Uh...that's not how it works!
8 posted on
09/24/2019 9:06:14 AM PDT by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: ebb tide
The 300-strong diocesan assembly, which included delegates from the 22 parishes, voted on a range of issues...
Wow, forget about the Catholic Church being a democracy. They've turned it into a republic!
11 posted on
09/24/2019 9:32:12 AM PDT by
BlessedBeGod
(To restore all things in Christ~~Appeasing evil is cowardice~~Francis is temporary. Hell is forever.)
To: ebb tide
Maybe they should put the Ten Commandments up to a vote too. I imagine a few of them might be dropped.
To: ebb tide
I am more than disgusted with these renegade prideful Bishops. The Pope will be silent on them because they are ushering in what he wants. (JMHO)
Too many so called Catholics are no more than cultists.
16 posted on
09/24/2019 11:25:25 AM PDT by
lastchance
(Credo.)
To: ebb tide
They certainly are not following Christ’s example of choosing male apostles.
21 posted on
09/24/2019 5:35:11 PM PDT by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: ebb tide
"The 300-strong diocesan assembly, which included delegates from the 22 parishes, voted on a range of issues..."
Did they happen to vote on changing from using bread and wine for the Mass, into using Irish Soda Bread and Murphy's Irish Red Beer?
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