“Have you been following Bishop D’Arcy for the past five years?”
No, I looked only at the (weak) action of this bishop concerning the abomination of giving an honorary degree to a baby-murderer.
“...we are not supposed to engage in rash judgment.”
Unless you tell me that he is likely to start revoking faculties - especially of the pseudo-Catholic president-priest - forbidding public Masses and interdicting various folks, it would seem that I haven't engaged in rash judgment but rather have correctly noted that the bishop will not perform these actions.
“Like Martino in Scranton, he’s PUBLICLY admonishing the school.”
Bishop Martino's words have been far clearer and far more to the point than what Bishop D'Arcy has said here so far. What's more, Bishop Martino has explicitly told the university in question that they should dissolve their “Diversity Institute.” As well, Bishop Martino has told the school to provide detailed information supporting the assertion that they teach Catholic faith. Although he can't force the school to do much of anything - you're right about that, he has laid out a specific course of remedial action as part of his vocation as pastor of his flock at the university.
“It’s not for you or me to decide when that line has been crossed or to prejudge the bishop’s guts.”
Sorry, I can no longer agree with that. Fifty million baby murders later, it's well past time for the bishops to have acted. Frankly, their failure to act with courage, boldness and decency has dramatically exacerbated and deepened the problem of abortion in this country. They share the guilt of the blood of the unborn in their sins of omission over the last three and a half decades.
I'm not judging, I'm observing. I observe that Catholic politicians believe that there are no consequence to endorsing baby murder, even Catholic PRIESTS believe that there are no consequences, either. And guess what? They are very nearly completely correct. One can count on one hand the number of bishops who have publicly disciplined pro-death Catholic politicians and Catholic priests who run Catholic-affiliated entities who have done so in a pro-death manner.
“As I pointed out in other comments, he only has one real weapon in his arsenal—the nuclear option.”
As I pointed out, he has several other options, including temporary revocation of faculties of priests, temporary banning of public Masses, and interdict against select persons (including, if appropriate, any boards of trustees, faculty senates, etc.). These are a step below the truly nuclear option of announcing that Notre Dame is no longer affiliated in any sense with the Catholic Church.
“We ought not be REMF’s...”
I don't know what an REMF is. Sorry I'm not up on the lingo.
“Instead, aim your ire at the board of trustees, the donors etc. Find out who they are and let them have both barrels.”
I'm not aiming any fire at anyone. I'm merely commenting on these current events. I haven't fired off any nasty notes to the bishop, and likely will not to the president, the trustees, or anyone else. I'm disgusted, and as a long-time member of FR and of the Catholic Caucus, I feel free to express my disgust in this open forum.
The only thing I count on from the bishops is that when they teach in union with the Holy See, they teach what is true. Jesus told us that we are to obey what they teach “from the Chair of Moses,” but otherwise not to emulate them. Sadly, it appears that most of our bishops are part-time Catholics and full-time Democrats. It is not for nothing that it is said that the floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops.
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” “Like Martino in Scranton, he’s PUBLICLY admonishing the school.”
Bishop Martino’s words have been far clearer and far more to the point than what Bishop D’Arcy has said here so far”
You admit that you haven’t been following D’Arcy. You compare this one statement with Martino’s. Look up what D’Arcy said to Jenkins about the Vagina Monologues.
The jury should still be out on him. Yes, if he wimps out in the end, you can bash him. But to rush to judgment when you admit you don’t know his history vis-a-vis Notre Dame, just because he has not done what you in all your wisdom KNOW would be THE solution to everything (revoke priests’ faculties) is the height of arrogance.
A euphemistic definition of REMF is the paper-pushers who sit behind the front lines and, in the eyes of the soldiers on the front lines, mess everything up. Expanding the acronym would not be family-friendly. But the first two letters stand for Rear Echelon. The second two you can probably figure out.