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To: Slyfox
There would have been no protest at all had the bishop honored his decision to give Father until the end of the said month for total compliance.

What an arrogant thing to say! It's not for you to set conditions for how your bishop must behave for you not to protest him. The bishop can change his mind whenever he likes, and there is nothing licit you can do about about. It doesn't matter at all how much you like "your" priest. He serves at the bishop's pleasure, not yours. That's the way the Catholic Church is set up, and cry as you might, you are not going to change that basic structure.

You seem to be completely oblivious to real issue. This isn't about conservatives or liberals, or whether a bishop is fair or unfair, it's about assent and dissent. You need to decide which side you are on.

53 posted on 04/16/2002 2:19:58 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: Ronaldus Magnus
The bishop did not honor his word. There are people today who still think something like that still matters.
54 posted on 04/16/2002 2:57:49 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: Slyfox
You seem to be completely oblivious to real issue.

Uh-huh. As I have explained, the issue is that the diocese has a conservative priest they have been trying to get rid of for years and they have found a few 'i's' not dotted and a few 't's' not crossed and they have seen fit to drag this good priest's face through the mud, insinuating that he did something wrong, which he did not.

Who's trying to change the basic structure? You obviously have no idea what the liberals and the feminists have had in mind for pastors like ours. Our pastor is one who plays by all the rules set by the Pope. We do those things in our church, which set the liberals teeth on edge. Our catechism classes, our music, our respect for our pastor are all in line with the way the Pope would do it if he were running our parish. Some people don't like that.

55 posted on 04/16/2002 3:10:25 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: Ronaldus Magnus
The bishop can change his mind whenever he likes, and there is nothing licit you can do about about. It doesn't matter at all how much you like "your" priest. He serves at the bishop's pleasure, not yours.

The local bishop is not a supreme legislator. He is bound by Canon Law just as the priests, religious and laity are bound.

See The Manner of Procedure in Administrative Recourse and in the Removal or Transfer of Parish Priests, as this seems to be a case of transfer. (I am not a canon lawyer.)
64 posted on 04/18/2002 9:42:17 AM PDT by Mike Fieschko
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