Posted on 04/21/2015 2:39:59 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
If Francis truly were the 'peoples' pope' he would actually care about Catholic people - you know those Pharisees who need 'religious observances' but won't ever get to Heaven.
Real Catholic faithful and clergy loved Kansas City Bishop Finn. The National Catholic Reporter didn't. Real Catholics in Chile are furious Pope Francis would give them a Bishop like Juan Barros, but Francis doesn't care what people like that think, does he?
The more outraged he makes real Catholics, the more he seems to like it.
Parishioners in a southern Chile diocese are gathering wherever their new bishop appears, but their presence is not the sort of assembly the Catholic Church would expect.
In the month since Bishop Juan Barros was installed in Osorno, the priest has had to sneak out of back exits, call on riot police to shepherd him from the city's cathedral and coordinate movements with bodyguards and police canine units.
Such is the public routine of the bishop who is denounced by his opponents as having shielded Chile's most notorious pedophile priest. For his part, Barros says relations are improving.
Meaning: the crowd is giving up and getting accustomed to my infernal presence.
The appointment of Barros by Pope Francis has unleashed an unprecedented protest, with more than 1,300 church members, 30 diocesan priests and nearly half of Chile's Parliament sending letters urging the pope to reconsider.
They may be emboldened after Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of a U.S. bishop, Robert Finn, who pleaded guilty to failing to report a suspected abuser, answering calls by victims to hold priests accountable and ensure children are protected.
At least three men say Barros was present when they were sexually molested in the 1980s and 1990s by the Rev. Fernando Karadima.
(Excerpt) Read more at pewsitter.com ...
Only God knows. :)
Also interesting is the December 17, 1936 entry in St. Faustina’s Diary (note that 12/17/36 is the birthdate of Pope Francis):
“I have offered this day for priests. I have suffered more today than ever before, both interiorly and exteriorly. I did not know it was possible to suffer so much in one day. I tried to make a Holy Hour, in the course of which my spirit had a taste of the bitterness of the Garden of Gethsemane. I am fighting alone, supported by His arm, against all the difficulties that face me like unassailable walls. But I trust in the power of His name and I fear nothing.”
Interesting, yes! If you have any articles regarding this (or did you discover it on your own?) I’d be grateful to receive the links. Regardless, thank you.
I found a blog posting connecting the volcano with the appointment of Barros, which has a good video, etc.
https://catholic4lifeblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/23/evacuation-as-calbuco-volcano-erupts-in-chile/
I read it online and checked my copy. Here’s a link to a discussion of this interesting confluence of events:
http://lasalettejourney.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-reader-comments-on-saint-faustina-and.html
Also regarding St. Faustina, in “The Divine Mercy Message and Devotion” book published by the Assn. of Marian Helpers (Nihil Obstat Rev. Kazimierz Chwalek, Imprimatur John A. Marshall, Bishop of Springfield) the words Our Lord dictated to Sr. Faustina were deliberately changed to reflect a modernist, revolutionary, “ecumenical” interpretation of His message of mercy. Specifically, on the fifth day of the novena it says, “Our Lord’s words here were “heretics and schismatics” since He spoke to Blessed Faustina within the context of her times...”. Substituted for Our Lord’s words is the phrase “the souls of those who have separated themselves from my church”. The actual words spoken by Christ have been edited and sanitized, apparently considered too offensive to retain.
Interesting.
Thank you for this information; I’ve been doing a lot of reading in this regard. :)
He didn’t. He was found guilty following a bench trial.
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