To: Gamecock
"In fact, Canon Law says they cannot refuse to ministry to someone who asks (Canon 843)."
That's a distortion. A priest must have faculties to minister to a flock. Someone stripped of those faculties by his bishop CANNOT minister to anyone as a priest unless someone is dying.
3 posted on
08/13/2006 8:39:23 AM PDT by
vladimir998
(Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
To: vladimir998; Gamecock; Alex Murphy
That's a distortion. A priest must have faculties to minister to a flock. Someone stripped of those faculties by his bishop CANNOT minister to anyone as a priest unless someone is dying.Instead of being called "Rent a Priest" they should be called "Rent a Dissident."
53 posted on
08/13/2006 8:48:23 PM PDT by
FJ290
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