Religious liberty was the reason this land was founded.
There are numerous examples of his pastoral ineptitude and weakness but one of his most underwhelming achievements was his abysmal behavior and lack of moral courage during the Terri Schiavo horror.
That’s a very good start for this VERY liberal bishop.
Next he should begin hiring only practicing Roman Catholics to work for the Church which should be a ministry in itself and rightfully be carried out by those belonging to the Church.
Every diocesan job ought to be an expression of evangelization. How can a non-Catholic evangelize the Catholic faith?????
Well, this sure surprises me, since he was one of the main supporters of the death of Terri Schiavo. He even forbade priests from his diocese to give her Communion or get involved in any way in her case.
He’s also known as “Bishop Speedo” for certain other indiscretions, as well as some legal settlements his prior diocese had to make on his behalf.
But you never know. Maybe God hit him upside the head after the Schivo affair.
I remember reading once about martyrs, incidentally, that you never knew who they would be: the person who defended orthodoxy and looked like he would be firm through thick and thin would collapse and vanish immediately, while the person of whom nobody expected anything would go to the guillotine.
When are Obama’s socialist buddies going to just nationalize all those church buidings and send the clergy into re-educatin’ camps? I’m sure Unplanned Parenthood would be glad to rent some extra space. ;-)
More importantly red is the color of the martyrs.
I hope these judges and lawyers remember the words of Sir Thomas More, lawyer statesman and more importantly martyr.
More was tried and sentenced to death because he refused to sign his name to a law that would violate his faith and conscience.
At his execution he said, “I die the King’s good servant, but God’s first.”
Could it be because this bishop in question is getting closer to retirement and he sees the writing on the wall that the next bishop after him will be a much more traditional Catholic?
Thank God we still have Catholic Bishops who believe what Jesus Christ taught about faith. If we don’t believe God, what hope do we have for mankind?
“If draft regulations aren’t changed, Lynch said, the Diocese of St. Petersburg will no longer provide health insurance for its 2,300 employees.”
Won’t this push the employees into the federal government exchanges? If so, won’t that defeat the purpose of what he’s trying to do?
>> But he said the church is at a “moment of history” in which it must take a stand for “religious liberty and individual moral conscience.”
Indeed.
Just a friendly reminder: Bishop Lynch was for the starving and dehydration death of Terri Schiavo. He went against the Pope and all Christian leaders. Lynch is a flip flopper extraordinaire.
I wish him luck with that, they will be a-comin’ around with his little blue healthcare provided death pill.