ChurchMilitantTV Special Report : Dolan & the Dolanites

Philothea on Phire blog/ CMTV ^ | 3/26/2013 | Jay Boyd, Ph.D.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

CMTV: Dolan and the Dolanites

Thank God for the courageous and honest analysis of Michael Voris and ChurchMilitant.TV. In this Special Report, Michael Voris takes Cardinal Dolan to task for multiple offenses against the Church and Our Lord, including the Cardinal's latest escapade of allowing abortion-supporting Vice-President to receive Holy Communion at a Mass where the Cardinal was presiding.  

This report is not "bishop-bashing"; it is an act of charity. Our shepherds are held to higher accountability than we, the lay faithful.  It is time that some of them realize that their own actions are scandalous and perpetuate the crisis in the Church. Their own souls are at stake here. Pray for our bishops and priests.

Oh...in case you hadn't heard...Bishop Vasa has backed down on his requirement that teachers in Catholic schools in his diocese sign an affirmation of faith. Sigh.

Our Lady said to the children at Fatima: "Stop offending God, for He is already so much offended."

Prayer. Penance. 

The report includes this quote from St. John Eudes:

"The most evident mark of God's anger, and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world, is manifest when He permits His people to fall into the hands of a clergy who are more in name than in deed, priests who practice the cruelty of ravening wolves rather than the charity and affection of devoted shepherds. They abandon the things of God to devote themselves to the things of the world and, in their saintly calling of holiness, they spend their time in profane and worldly pursuits. When God permits such things, it is a very positive proof that He is thoroughly angry with His people and is visiting His most dreadful wrath upon them." 


More prayer. More penance. 

May God have mercy on us.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Just googled it and I guess that’s right. I don’t think we have that in the Diocese of Knoxville.

[Rashputin]

Which is correct, the Code of Canon Law or the Bishop, that's the real question.

A Bishop can talk about a "pastoral" approach all he likes but I can't find anything anywhere that says Canon Law can be ignored for the sake of a "pastoral" approach.

Besides, what sort of "pastoral" approach is it for a Bishop to encourage someone they're supposed to care about to continue mocking the Eucharist and damning themself in clear violation of Canon Law and Scripture?

It's like a drunk who periodically goes on drinking and womanizing binges being "helped" by his physician prescribing amphetamines and Viagra for him. It makes no sense to argue that the crafty physician is applying reverse psychology and by encouraging even more self-destructive behavior is helping his patient.

Don't forget about the people who see such a clear insult to the Eucharist and obvious violation of Canon Law. Who is looking out for their pastoral care when the Bishop makes it clear that both Canon Law and Scripture are to be taken with a grain of salt? Far from being a reasonable "pastoral" approach, this is a fostering of disrespect for Canon Law, the Bishop himself, the Church, Scripture, and the Eucharist.

If the Bishop is going to completely disregard Canon Law, Scripture, and the sacred nature of the Eucharist, the Bishop may as well grab himself a nun off the next bus that passes through town and nail his list of Dolanisms to the Cathedral door.

As for the laity, Catholics aren't expected to march into Hell with their eyes wide open in the name of obedience to a Bishop who seems intent on having his skull added to the skulls of Bishops already paving Hell.

[DManA]

Didn’t Francis make the same mistake? Why are you incensed about the Bishop and not the Pope?

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/Ken-Walshs-Washington/2013/03/20/biden-pelosi-stir-controversy-by-taking-communion

[DManA]

I’m not trying to trap you. I am honestly trying to understand your point of view.

How is the Pope’s actions different from the Bishop’s? They both gave them Communion and they both shook the hands of abortion advocates.

[DManA]

So did your Pope. What do think about that?

[Heart-Rest]

"HR, I know about CCHD. What is CSA?"

Yes, that is the "Catholic Services Appeal".

For an example of one Diocese that bundles those two funds, and delayed all that a few years ago because of the CCHD problems (which apparently are still not completely straightened out), check out this link (one among many links like it): http://prolifeactionoforegon.org/2010/06/21/michigan-bishop-withholds-cchd-funds/

I'm thinking it might be a good idea to share that youtube video link at the top of this thread with all the good American Catholics we know, to make them aware of these matters anyway, so maybe the Bishops will feel a little "heat" from the laity about their abuse of the Holy Eucharist.

[Heart-Rest]

    Here's that link for post 46

[Mrs. Don-o]

Thanks, I appreciate the ping. Interesting.

[Rashputin]

I think with five hundred priests serving, the fact that Francis isn't a parish priest who should recognize everyone, and who knows how many layers of people organizing things who may be like Benedict's secretary, I can believe Francis made an mistake. It's also possible that there is something I haven't found yet that makes an inaugural Mass an exception of some sort since those serving won't know many of those who are at the Mass.

Basically, there's a reasonable chance Francis or those organizing things screwed up or got set up.

Dolan, by comparison, is regularly thumbing his nose at Canon 915 and asserting that he can ignore Canon 915 whenever he feels like it. He then proves it's no big deal by having T-I-double-grrrr Biden bounce off to the Hundred Acre Wood with Pooh Bear Dolan for honey and chit chat. Dolan has "pastoral" and "political" twisted together and either can't or won't separate them.

Dolan isn't making a mistake when in the past he's obeyed 915. He's not in the position of someone who isn't familiar with, say, the Easter and Christmas crowd, and consciously decides to err on the pastoral side of things even though that means he will be violating Canon 915 because some of those he doesn't know shouldn't be served.

He knows the negative consequences of letting high profile people routinely violate Canon 915 and he's putting his relationship with such individuals ahead of his concerns for everything else. Consider just one negative consequence, he's arguing the government's case for them to some extent even while in court to halt the government from imposing the HHS mandate.,

Every time he openly ignores Canon 915 he's publicly stating that Canon Law isn't a big deal and can ignored to benefit some "greater good" or when something is received in return for ignoring Canon Law.

The government is arguing that forcing people to violate something like Canon Law, a standard of behavior, or their personal conscience, is inconsequential. The can point to Church teaching about contraceptives not leading to people being refused communion as proof that Canon Law is arbitrary and capricious at any rate because even Bishop Dolan takes Canon Law with a grain of salt.

[exPBRrat]

All those Catholic Action Forums ‘sit down to pee girly boy’ moderators have to be having fits over this slight at their hero with clay feet Dolan...

...how’s that for being uncharitable?