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To: wideawake

Schismatic ? No. He is Eastern Rite Catholic.


4 posted on 03/29/2006 5:42:52 AM PST by Sam the Sham (A conservative party tough on illegal immigration could carry California in 2008)
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To: Sam the Sham
Schismatic ? No. He is Eastern Rite Catholic.

(1) He celebrates Mass in Latin, so by definition he is not an Eastern Rite Catholic regardless of his birthplace or native tongue.

(2) The article clearly states that he was suspended by his bishop in 2001 and that he personally purchased and runs his church, not the diocese.

He's a schismatic.

6 posted on 03/29/2006 5:46:00 AM PST by wideawake
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To: Sam the Sham

Yes, he is Eastern Rite but the article makes it sound like he fought with his Bishop, who suspended him and then he went and bought a church. It makes it sound like he is operating without the approval of Rome. If that is the case, he is a schismatic.


21 posted on 03/30/2006 7:06:05 AM PST by Romish_Papist (St. Jude, pray for my lost cause. St. Rita, pray for my impossible situation.)
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