Posted on 09/27/2014 3:42:01 PM PDT by ebb tide
(Asuncion / Rome) Bishop Rogelio Livieres Plano of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay, dismissed yesterday from his office by Pope Francis, sees himself as a victim of an intrigue, which he describes as "ideological persecution." In an open letter to the Prefect of the Roman Congregation for Bishops, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the bishop wrote that Pope Francis will have to answer for his decision before God.
At the same time Bishop Livieres announced that he has as yet no knowledge of the contents of the investigation report of the Papal Visitor, Cardinal Santos Abril. As a "son of the Church," he added, he will abide by the arrangement of the Pope. The letter to Cardinal Ouellet was published by the Paraguayan daily ABC yesterday.
The Vatican justified the resignation for "pastoral reasons" and the "unity of the bishops." Specific allegations against the bishop dismissed were not disclosed. The Bishop sees himself as a victim of an intrigue of the Paraguayan Bishops. Pope Francis arranged for an Apostolic Visitation in Livieres' diocese after he publicly accused the Archbishop of Asuncion of homosexuality and demanded his removal from office.
The leading group of the Paraguayan Bishops makes no secret of their satisfaction with the dismissal of Bishop Livieres. Livieres was considered a militant defender of the orthodoxy. In almost every parish of his diocese the Holy Mass was celebrated in the Old Rite. His seminary altogether has many more seminarians than any other of the Paraguayan dioceses and about seven times as many seminarians as the much larger Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.
With the statement that he is "a victim of ideological persecution," Bishop Livieres gave an indication of the reasons behind the sensational impeachment.
Bishop Livieres like Pope Francis is from Argentina.
Text: Giuseppe Nardi image: Aciprensa
In an open letter to the Prefect of the Roman Congregation for Bishops, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the bishop wrote that Pope Francis will have to answer for his decision before God.
Ping
So this guy accused an archibishop of being a Homo and was removed for it? So is the Archbishop really a homo or not?
Bang! bang! Francis’ silver hammer came down upon his head...
For later
In almost every parish of his diocese the Holy Mass was celebrated in the Old Rite.
Explain this to a protestant please.
I don’t think us Catholics can.
This sounds like the Vatican way of saying "Just because!"
Or it is an internal matter.
There is much more than meets the eye. Try the following for what seems to be a fairly balanced treatment of the case.
http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2014/09/ciudad-del-este-opus-dei-bishop.html#more
"As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. Each day recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the bishops and priests."http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/akita.htm
"The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres...churches and altars sacked; the Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord."
That comment Sounds a bit narcissistic.
He (Father Carlos Urrutigoity) arrived to the diocese in 2005 together with other priests and laymen who would later on establish the Priestly Communities of Saint John. Father Urrutigoity came to the diocese recommended by some cardinals with roles in the Vatican (one of whom was elected pope Benedict XVI a few days later).
Don’t you mean “Jutht becauthe”?
Thorry.
Obviously inerrancy in matters of counsel does not belong to Cardinals. That said, after the disaster in Scranton, there were plenty of additional warning flags.
Cardinals or not, why did nobody acknowledge those flags and remove him?
Seems like the only one who did was Bishop Fellay, who booted him.
“Let me guess, he leans Traditional”
Bingo. And that’s what it’s all about. Burke will be the next to get the axe.
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