Posted on 01/11/2017 3:24:55 AM PST by BlessedBeGod
The Knights of Malta, the ancient Catholic lay order, is refusing to cooperate with a Vatican investigation into the sacking of a top official over a condom scandal — and is warning its members to toe the line if they choose to speak with investigators.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Knights called the investigation legally “irrelevant” and aimed at limiting its sovereignty. It insisted that the ousting of its grand chancellor, Albrecht von Boeselager, was an act of internal governance that in no way involves religious superiors.
The order told its members that if they speak with Vatican-appointed investigators, they cannot contradict the decision of the order’s leadership to replace Boeselager...
Fra’ Matthew and Cardinal Burke’s allies have justified the ousting by arguing that Boeselager’s refusal to obey Fra’ Matthew was “disgraceful” and that the condom scandal represented an irredeemable breach....
...canon lawyers have cautioned that the sovereign nature of the Knights of Malta makes Vatican intervention problematic...
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
When rubber meets the road?
Wow! I hope they hold fast. I read another article last night that said thar the leader of Francis’ “commission,” Abp Tomosi, basically threatened the Knights, saying that they planned to investigate anyway and even hinting at dissolution - which, legally, I believe he is unable to do.
There. I said it. Pope Frank is a wicked pope, much like the Medici family who fused secular rule with the papal order and misruled, ultimately ushering in the Protestant Reformation which saved the Church and, eventually, turned it once more into a force for good.
Subsidiarity?
Vatican needs to go back to school.
Pope Frank is a supporter on international sociaism, in other words he suppors lineral fascists organization s and politicians like Obama who refuse to obey the laws of national sovereignty and national immigration.
The Roman catholic church in the USA already has a huge cadre of organizations that have established an underground railroad for illegal immigrants into the USA. The church shluld be brought to heel and made to obey the laws of the USA.
If not, Trump needs to terminate their charitable status throughout their network and tax the hell right out of them.
Thats how to handle Pope Frank.
He does seem wicked.
IOW, treat a Medici like a Medici, eh?
IOW, treat a Medici like a Medici, eh?>>>>>>>>>
Treat a utopian liberal fascist like a utopian liberal fascist. Pope Frank will attempt to destroy the Church, just as Obama attempted to destroy America. And their styles will be similar.
The Pope as El Duce will not work. And if he were a Medici
then he would be wearing an Italian stiletto the wrong way around.
Liberal fascism is a curse upon our modern institutions. Obama exemplified it, European globalists emulate that, and Pope Frank is now becomeing a non Pope. A psychopomp who will fold under the onslaught of Islam in Europe.
Right now the church needs a modern day Crusader like Pope Urban II on November 27, 1095, made the most influential speech in post Crucifixion history. Between 60,000 and 100,000 people responded to Urban’s call to march on Jerusalem.
We now need a pope simlar to Urban II to save Europe.Only the battle fields are not in the ME, they are in France, Belgium, Sweden, Italy, Germany and England.Pope Frank is inviting Europe’s destruction.I predict they he will not be pope for very long.
The Islamic conquest of Spain will soon begin a new.Watch Morocco, and places like Andorra, known to have significantly attracted the attentions of people like Obama
and Clinton, and significant amounts of money , and perhaps Gadaffi’s treasury.
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