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U.S. Catholic bishop who resigned fathered two children
yahoo ^ | 1/5/12 | Philip Pullella

Posted on 01/04/2012 9:21:26 PM PST by RnMomof7

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - An assistant bishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles in the United States has resigned because he had a secret family, including two teenage children. The Vatican said on Wednesday that Pope Benedict had accepted the resignation of Gabino Zavala, an auxiliary bishop of the diocese which has been plagued by sexual scandals. A brief Vatican announcement did not give the reason for Zavala's resignation, saying only that the pope had accepted it under the norm in canon (Church law) that says a bishop who is ill or otherwise unfit to carry out his duties should resign.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Ecumenism; General Discusssion; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: calvinismisdead; desperateforscandal
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1 posted on 01/04/2012 9:21:33 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: 1000 silverlings; metmom; boatbums; Quix; Gamecock; Alex Murphy; Dr. Eckleburg; HarleyD; ...

I wonder what the kids thought dad did for a living??


2 posted on 01/04/2012 9:24:01 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7

This is why St. John Vianney exhorted people to pray for their priests and bishops.

Catholics, pray for them hard!


3 posted on 01/04/2012 9:37:45 PM PST by caldera599
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To: RnMomof7; Salvation; Cronos; D-fendr; Rashputin; narses; johngrace; BenKenobi; boatbums; annalex; ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y46xsa402SU&feature=related


4 posted on 01/04/2012 9:44:46 PM PST by rzman21
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To: RnMomof7

A straight priest!


5 posted on 01/04/2012 9:51:35 PM PST by barney10
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To: RnMomof7

Bishop Gabino Zavala (b. September 7, 1951 in Guerrero, Mexico) currently serves as the Auxiliary Bishop of the San Gabriel Pastoral Region in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and is considered by some to be one of the most powerful and influential Latinos in the Church in the United States today. Born in Mexico, Zavala grew up in Los Angeles and was ordained a priest on May 28, 1977. Bishop Zavala opposes the death penalty, supports young people, and is a long-time supporter of immigration reform, and although he is sometimes considered orthodox in his beliefs he has a long history of supporting controversial positions on homosexuality. He was honored in 2004 by Death Penalty Focus for his efforts in reforming the criminal justice system and working to abolish the death penalty.

Zavala is involved with a number of organizations: he is the bishop president of the U.S. section of Pax Christi, the international Catholic peace movement; the Co-President of Interfaith Worker Justice, an organization committed to educating, mobilizing, and organizing the religious community to advocate for better wages and working conditions for low-wage workers; and he serves as the Episcopal advisor to the International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care (ICCPPC). Formerly rector of St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, CA, he also is an adjunct professor of Canon Law and Pastoral Theology in the graduate programs of Theology and Pastoral Theology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.


6 posted on 01/04/2012 9:59:32 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: RnMomof7

Prayers for you.

This was already posted.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2828661/posts


7 posted on 01/04/2012 10:02:57 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: artichokegrower

**U.S. section of Pax Christi**

For your information Pax Christi is not an approved Catholic Organization

Go to

http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/

Then to dissent and organizations


8 posted on 01/04/2012 10:07:03 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation; RnMomof7

Christ was betrayed by his closest friends- Judas, Peter, and many of the apostles that fled the scene of the crucifixtion. He made it clear that as far as His Church is concerned, the “gates of hell” will not prevail against it. And so it has been for over 2000 years


9 posted on 01/04/2012 10:10:35 PM PST by Steelfish (ui)
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To: RnMomof7

They were the only kids on the block who never got to participate in take your children to work day.


10 posted on 01/04/2012 10:23:52 PM PST by ansel12
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To: artichokegrower

Whaddayaknow? A liberal. How surprising.

Funniest line of the post, in a sad, sad way:
[A]lthough he is sometimes considered orthodox in his beliefs he has a long history of supporting controversial positions on homosexuality.


11 posted on 01/04/2012 10:46:48 PM PST by dangus
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To: Salvation

Pax Christi is not an approved organization? Says who? Anyone more authoritative than Our Lady’s Warriors? Or do they cite someone I missed.


12 posted on 01/04/2012 10:49:56 PM PST by dangus
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To: RnMomof7

At least he didn’t commit the sin of marriage.


13 posted on 01/04/2012 10:59:19 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: Salvation; Admin Moderator
you're right Salvation. Admin moderator --> note, this is a duplicate post to this one to the same article
14 posted on 01/05/2012 2:26:09 AM PST by Cronos (Party like it's 12 20, 2012)
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To: caldera599

You are so right! Prayers up for our clergy.


15 posted on 01/05/2012 3:21:37 AM PST by Bigg Red (Pray for our republic.)
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To: count-your-change
Despite your foolish comment, he did commit the sins of fornication - violating the Sixth Commandment - and bearing false witness - violating the Eighth Commandment plus he broke his covenant with Almighty God.

"Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, Nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

16 posted on 01/05/2012 7:06:09 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Cronos; Salvation; RnMomof7
Despite her motivation in reposting this article, RnMomof7 has complied with the four hour guideline.
17 posted on 01/05/2012 7:09:33 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: RnMomof7

Imagine that.......


18 posted on 01/05/2012 7:53:46 AM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: caldera599

Catholics need to revisit that mandatory celibacy thing for their priests.

It doesn’t seem to be working out so well for them.


19 posted on 01/05/2012 7:54:46 AM PST by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom

Wait until the children of those priests claim the retirement benefits because their father worked for the Church...”no, I won’t bother with a monthly stipend for my father’s work. I’ll just choose one of those paintings in the Vatican as my inheritance...”


20 posted on 01/05/2012 8:04:30 AM PST by smvoice (Better Buck up, Buttercup. The wailing and gnashing is for an eternity..)
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