Posted on 06/02/2008 11:51:37 AM PDT by prolifefirst
His patience for Pfleger's blackface act is probably quite thin.
Bishops have to follow canon law like anyone else.
You cannot canonically remove someone from his ministry just because he is a loudmouth jerk.
You have to be able to prove in court that he is an egregious lawbreaker. There is a process, and Pfleger knows the process as well as anyone, and he knows how to bend canonical limits without breaking them too often.
So long as this Pimp Daddy “priest” remains in that Catholic Church - and preaching his version of “Catholicism” he is Catholic......and speaks with the authorization of the Pope himself.
If the Pope can excommunicate women “priests” as he threaten recently — why can’t he simply excommunicate Pimp Daddy?
Do they not realize that enemies of Christianity are using the Church to destroy a moral society???
Rev. Wright, this Pimp Daddy and even the new pastor at Obama’s former “church”......are all clearly enemies of the Republic....... Racists and rabble rousers...
Apparently it's not a pre-requisite. Just like in many protestant churches.
My memory is a bit wobbly on this, but it occurs to me that Chicago breeds particularly stroppy Catholic clergymen. Wasn’t Archbishop Paul Marcinkus and Cardinal John Cody also both of Chicago? And weren’t they somewhat infamous for their irregularities?
Is there something in the Chicago water, I wonder, or is my memory foggy on this?
(I’m not Catholic, yet, but I am studying to be...)
Fr. Pfleger on "snuffing" pro-gun legislators and gun shop owners
The coarsening of our culture continues. “Balls” a reference to male genitalia is now an accepted word to refer to someone’s courage. “Hey everybody! I’m a priest, but I’m not a sissy! I’m down with the trash talkin’ yall!” Did everyone notice how “with it” I am? “Balls!” There I said it!
I just checked the St Sabina web site and I don't see any links to a KofC council.
See post 13.
I was under the impression that moving him to another position, not necessarily disciplining him, was an administrative function. Some years back there was a controversy when he was scheduled to be moved, parishioners complained and he was retained.
Yes, his parish seems to suffer from a serious cult of personality. That is not good for the priest or his parishioners. The cardinal should move him to a place where he could work to overcome his egotism and self-loathing. Perhaps a hospice or something similar.
Having a generally bad attitude towards one's superiors may violate the spirit of the vow, but not its letter.
Pfleger has built his career on this distinction.
Good heavens! I thought priests were gentle men and Godly..this guy is just hateful and nasty.
Also, he has adopted three children, one of which was shot dead in front of the church.
Since when have priests been able to adopt!!!
I note he was not so combative after his most recent visit by the Bishop. I still think the Church should transfer him to outer Mongolia - that will show what his real agenda his.
While politics is definitely a part of it, priests generally do not get moved from a parish involuntarily unless they do something wrong or there is a emergency need for them elsewhere.
They are not allowed to.
He was very nearly relieved of his faculties in 1981 over adopting Lamar.
The boy who was shot - Jarvis Franklin - was a foster child, not an adoptee.
“Well, given the current state of the See, I expect the Church to kiss his ass rather than do anything concrete like that which I would do.
If he is so concerned about helping poor blacks, then send him to Kenya.”
Our church goes to Tanzania once a year and supports the building of homes, clean water and irrigation to grow crops. We don’t even bother talking about what we should be doing as Christians to make the world a better place. Those that do like this preacher are playing church & in this case, playing politics during an election year.
6 years later the Catholics are still ballless and allowing this pos vermin spread his hate America bs and racism.
Catholics should stop their tithing to the church until he is fired and deflocked across the country.
Of course they won’t, which is why rats like Kennedy, Kerry, Boxer, Pelosi and other CINOs push abortion as the new holy sacrament of the rats.
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