Posted on 10/19/2004 7:32:20 AM PDT by Remole
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- An official at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said a California canon lawyer seeking a formal decree of heresy against Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, Democratic presidential nominee, has misrepresented his contact with the Vatican office.
"The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has had no contact with Mr. (Marc) Balestrieri," said Dominican Father Augustine DiNoia, undersecretary of the congregation.
"His claim that the private letter he received from (Dominican) Father Basil Cole is a Vatican response is completely without merit," Father DiNoia told Catholic News Service Oct. 19, declining to discuss the matter further.
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I figured this story was too good to be true.
Now the Curial Europhiles start the counter-attack.
crud......
***I figured this story was too good to be true.***
Actually, the letter really didn't say all that much. From what I could understand it said that if you are a Catholic and knowingly refute the Church's teachings on morality, you can excommunicate yourself. The second part said that doing that is not a Church excommunication, which would have to be decided by the proper authorities, presumably after some sort of trial.
Heck, that's the way I've always understood it.
Well, maybe people will finally quit posting it in Breaking News every hour.
So, I wonder if the MSM pool reporters will start asking Kerry what he thinks the chances are that he will be formally excommunicated?
"The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has had no contact with Mr. (Marc) Balestrieri," said Dominican Father Augustine DiNoia, undersecretary of the congregation.Sounds to me like someone overplayed his hand.
HA HA HA HA HA HA! I feel so sorry for all of you who were hoping to strike the match and burn Kerry at the stake in Boston Commons.
Ro 14:12,13
Therefore every one of us shall render account to God for himself.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more.
But judge this rather, that you put not a stumbling block
or a scandal in your brother's way.
What kind of man can within the span of a single sentence
misquote scripture, commit heresy, and scandalize with a tone
the sins of another to the entire planet for political gain?
KERRY: We're all God's children, Bob. And I think if you were to talk to Dick
Cheney's daughter, who is a lesbian, she would tell you that she's being
who she was, she's being who she was born as.
Romans 9:8
That is, They which are the children of the flesh,
these are not the children of God:
but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Ec 7:30
Only this I have found, that GOD MADE man right, and he hath entangled
himself with an infinity of questions.
Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word
I told you it was unofficial and wouldn't get anywhere.
Here's confirmation.
Just as I predicted in my response to the first postings of this story.
This was all wishful thinking on the part of some. The RCC was never going to publicly excommunicate John Kerry. They're not going to excommunicate any political figures. That just isn't how the Church works any longer. They learned their lesson centuries ago when an excommunication of an English King caused a break with the Church.
Those who thought this was going to be some "October surprise" were mistaken. It's a non-story now.
Better attack Kerry on real issues. False attacks do the cause no good.
For his sake, Kerry better hope that he doesn't burn somewhere else.
Just because he's not excommunicated doesn't mean he's in good standing in the Catholic Church.
And, it appears a majority of Catholics know that.
Weep for yourself and for your children.
Dear sinkspur,
Maybe.
We'll see.
I think things are a little murky, and we'll just have to be patient to see what's up.
sitetest
That old soft show (step, ball, chain, backpeddle, backpeddle, thud) from the crowd who havee been 'smoking with satan'......
That old soft shoe (step, ball, chain, backpeddle, backpeddle, thud) from the crowd who havee been 'smoking with satan'......
It may do something after the election is over, but Balesteri jumped the gun with his claim.
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