Ousted archbishop (Milingo) thanks Rev. Moon

AP ^ | December 10, 2006

[NYer]

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — The renegade Roman Catholic archbishop who was excommunicated by the Vatican after he installed married priests as bishops acknowledged Saturday that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon was supporting his crusade against mandatory celibacy.

At a weekend conference of married priests, Zambian Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo distributed a statement to participants headlined "Thanks," crediting the Korean evangelist for his backing for the meeting and for Milingo's Married Priests Now advocacy group.

"Today we are present as beneficiaries of Rev. Moon," Milingo wrote. "In order to ensure the success of our convocation he dedicated his key organizations to give their utmost support in every way needed to the Married Priests Now."

Milingo was married to a Korean acupuncturist chosen for him by Moon in a mass Unification Church wedding in 2001. The archbishop appeared to drop those ties when he heeded pleas from Vatican officials and Pope John Paul II to renounce the marriage and return to Rome.

When Milingo disappeared from Italy this year, resurfacing in the United States in July, he and his aides denied any link with Moon. They said they were fighting on their own to save the church from its clergy shortage and sex-abuse crises that they blamed on celibacy.

"He got his wife and now it's over," a Milingo aide, the Rev. Dairo Ferrabolli, told The Associated Press in September.

However, at this weekend's meeting, Milingo overflowed with praise for Moon. "I have witnessed the zeal of Rev. Sun Myung Moon for the realization of the Kingdom for God," Milingo wrote. "His concern for the welfare of the whole world makes him not only a world benefactor, but more importantly a person whose vision, humility and saintly life have awakened our own courage and determination to organize and do what we ourselves know is right from God."

Vatican officials have been scandalized by Milingo, trying to privately persuade him to drop his campaign, then openly censuring him when that effort failed. After the church excommunicated Milingo, Pope Benedict XVI convened a summit last month that ended by reaffirming mandatory celibacy for clergy.

[NYer]

Archbishop Milingo - Excommunicated from the Catholic Church

[stfassisi]

Rev. Sun Myung Moon was supporting his crusade against mandatory celibacy.

His crusade is over. Bugs Bunny can support him,it does not matter.

[Coleus]

If i had the time, I would have protested him. The press loves to write articles about dissident catholics and dissident catholic organizations.

Renegade bishop set to rattle Rome will ordain 3 married men as Priests in New Jersey

[Cicero]

Pope JP II had him under control in Rome for a while, but he seems to have broken loose again. The guy is a flake.

[SuziQ]

Vatican officials have been scandalized by Milingo, trying to privately persuade him to drop his campaign, then openly censuring him when that effort failed.

I'd think it would take a lot more than the 'renegade' archbishop to scandalize the Vatican. The Church did this biblically. They contacted him privately, and pointed out his sin,then when he ignored them and continued on his merry way, they publicly rebuked, then excommunicated him.

[Cap'n Crunch]

A Moonie... tragic.

[Messianic2012]

http://familyfed.org Moonies main website
http://www.lafamilyfed.org
http://www.trueloveking.net
http://www.definingmoment.tv
http://us.chungpyung.org
http://www.reverendsunmyungmoon.org
http://iapprovethismessiah.com BBC documentary,”Emperor of the Universe”.Rev.Moon being crowned Messiah at Senate.
http://youtube.com type into search box,(FFWPU,or Sun Myung Moon).Rev.Moon being crowned Messiah at Senate.
http://www.ffwpui.org/introduction/index.asp?viewfile=1_1_188.htm Rev.Moon publicly announced that he is the Messiah in 1992.

http://www.prince.org/msg/105/202404
Links to articles about Rev.Moon being accepted as the Messiah.

This is the Bad side of the Moonies which has dominated the legitimate side above.
http://www.rickross.com type into the search box,Moonies.
http://www.rickross.com/reference/unif/unif82.html
Entire town sued by the Moonies.