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Last year Francis' footwashing was taken by the world as a great act of his personal humility, for others it was a sign of inclusivity, involving non-Christians and women in this rite. I am afraid for me and for many others, it was a sign of lawlessness at the heart of the Church, the Supreme Lawgiver of the Catholic Church acting lawlessly.

Thoughts?

He stresses the violation of law repeatedly. Of course, there is a distinction between a discipline and canon law, which a priest would carefully distinguish, especially in charges leveled at the Bishop of Rome. Can anyone supply the missing reference?

Hi Marshmallow — Fr. Blake is a pretty AWESOME priest in Brighton, UK — I’ve been following his blog since 2007, and since I moved to England in 2010 have met him. He does both regular NO masses, and also loves doing the Latin mass when he can, and he offers it on a regular basis. His blog is well worth a bookmark, and he is a fine man and always has very thoughtful posts. His blog is an excellent bookmark. He is very orthodox and reliable as far as matters on the faith go. He is also a very caring and kind person. Brighton, in general is wealthy, and hedonistic, think of it as the San Francisco of England.

But there are many poor that go to his parish, and his parish runs an outreach program 365 days a year to help feed the homeless.

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