To: Tribune7
Willimson (Note that I use no title) was consecrated a bishop illicitly ... that means in defiance of the Pope (John Paul II), for which he was automatically excommunicated. He has never held any office of Bishop within the Catholic Church, and does not now. Three other men were, at the same time, also illicitly concecrated and consequently excommunicated, along with the (legitimate) Bishop who did the consecration. B-XVI has lifted the penalty of excommunication on all four ... it has nothing to do with Williamson personally, and everything to do with attempting reconciliation with the sane members of their traditionalist religious community. Whether Williamson himself will choose to walk the path of sanity remains to be seen.
12 posted on
01/28/2009 12:05:56 PM PST by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: ArrogantBustard
Well said. That was what I was trying to indicate.
You can’t give the boot to someone who already walked out the door on his own perverse initiative.
13 posted on
01/28/2009 12:14:22 PM PST by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: ArrogantBustard
16 posted on
01/28/2009 12:27:41 PM PST by
Tribune7
(Obama wants to put the same crowd that ran Fannie Mae in charge of health care)
To: ArrogantBustard
And will Williamson remain a bishop, return to being a priest, or be defrocked?
26 posted on
01/28/2009 11:53:38 PM PST by
rmlew
(The loyal opposition to a regime dedicated to overthrowing the Constitution are accomplices.)
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