Posted on 11/19/2023 1:46:17 PM PST by SeekAndFind
You might be thinking this article’s headline is the start of a bad joke. You’d be right, except it’s no laughing matter.
It seems a day doesn’t go by without hearing about someone who’s being attacked for saying things everyone knows are true, and this past week showed just how widespread this cancer has become, as each of these individuals or entities has tried to silence their critics for doing just that.
Bishop Joseph Strickland from his post overseeing the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, ostensibly for his poor governance of the diocese but more likely for his frequent use of social media to share controversial opinions and even criticize the pope.
Strickland has accused President Biden of being a “fake” Catholic over his support for abortion, denounced a prominent pro-LGBTQ priest’s embrace of “Pride Month” as “blasphemous,” and criticized Francis for “undermining the Deposit of Faith” by failing to adhere to Catholic doctrine regarding these issues.
Strickland was visited this summer by representatives from the Vatican conducting a formal investigation into his leadership of the diocese, and he was discussed at a September 9 meeting between Francis and two top cardinals. When asked to resign on November 9, Strickland refused, prompting the pope to remove him. Bishop Joe Vásquez, who oversees the Diocese of Austin, Texas, will serve in Strickland’s stead until a new bishop is appointed.
In an interview with LifeSiteNews, Strickland explained his removal by saying there are “forces in the Church right now [that] don’t want the truth of the gospel.”
“I threatened some of the powers that be with the truth of the gospel,” he added. “That will not change. That cannot change. It’s perennial, it’s everlasting. It’s glorious. And if you want it to change, then I’m a problem.”
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The day after she was fired, Braverman lashed out at Sunak for failing to fulfill his promise to “stop the boats,” a reference to the steady influx of asylum seekers the country has seen in recent years, and not doing enough to “help stem the rising tide of racism, intimidation and terrorist glorification threatening community cohesion.”
Finally, on Tuesday of this week, news outlets reported that two University of Wyoming alumni who were members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority were stripped of their membership after fundraising for a lawsuit aimed at removing transgender student Artemis Langford as a member of the local chapter.
Langford was inducted as a sorority member last year at the urging of national leadership, and according to the lawsuit’s initial complaint, he’s been observed becoming sexually aroused while checking out other members, asked them intrusive personal questions, and made efforts to get members he believes are “transphobic” removed from the sorority.
All admit to the guilty pleasure of binge watching Criminal Minds and rooting for the killers.
Also, all three eat Cheetos compulsively.
Frankie is a lowlife scumbag Marxist thug. No idea about the others.
In common?
Easy.
They all think they’re infallible.
NOT the Pope.
They are all in charge of organizations they hate and wish to destroy.
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