[Catholic Caucus] Father Aidan Nichols Signs Open Letter Charging Pope Francis With Heresy

Edward Pentin ^ | April 30, 2019 | Edward Pentin

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[Catholic Caucus] Father Aidan Nichols Signs Open Letter Charging Pope Francis With Heresy

The Dominican is one of 19 academics and clergy calling on the world’s bishops to admonish the Pope and publicly reject heresy or face losing the papacy.

 

The well-known and respected Dominican theologian Father Aidan Nichols has put his name to an historic open letter to bishops claiming Pope Francis is guilty of heresy and calling on them to formally correct him.

The letter, released on April 30, the feast day in the traditional calendar of St. Catherine of Siena — the 14th century saint famous for her criticism of Pope Gregory XI — states that Francis has on occasions “knowingly and persistently” denied what he knows is divinely revealed Church teaching. 

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Such words and actions, the signatories continue, “amount to a comprehensive rejection of Catholic teaching on marriage and sexual activity, on the moral law, and on grace and the forgiveness of sins.”

They add that they have taken this measure “as a last resort to respond to the accumulating harm caused by Pope Francis’s words and actions over several years, which have given rise to one of the worst crises in the history of the Catholic Church.”

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Ping

[irishjuggler]

God bless Fr Nichols for taking a stand, but Bergoglio won’t respond and doesn’t care. He’s an egomaniac and dictator. If he hears about this at all, he and his toadies will brush it off as yet another example of inevitable attacks by the Anglo-Saxon capitalist class upon a pope who’s truly on the side of the poor. And, yes, they really think that way.

[PA-RIVER]

The Pope is the leader of the new green deal and rainbow farts.

Who are we to judge?

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Don’t be surprised if Bergoglio indirectly refers to the signatories as the Great Accusers (i.e. Satan).

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I don’t think any pope has been removed from office since the Great Schism ended, in 1415. How would it be done?

[RoosterRedux]

Indirectly?

[NKP_Vet]

Would be great if some real Catholic cardinals signed on to the letter. Cardinal Mueller, Cardinal Sarah, Cardinal Burke, and many others that know Bergoglio is a heretic. But that’s not happening. They want to remain active in the church and none want to spend the rest of their lives in Outter Mongolia. To tell the truth about Bergoglio is to “retire” early and never be heard from again.

[Songcraft]

This week's episode of "The World Over Live - With Raymond Arroyo" on EWTN (Thursday, 8 PM Eastern) should be very interesting, if he has "The Papal Posse" (Father Gerald Murray and Robert Royal) on to discuss this.   As he often does, Arroyo also might get this author, Edward Pentin (the Rome correspondent of the "National Catholic Register") on to discuss this article as well.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I don’t think any pope has been removed from office since the Great Schism ended, in 1415. How would it be done?

With another schism, as the side that supports him will stick to their position like glue.

[Biggirl]

In other words this cold schism is getting close to going hot.

[Songcraft]

Just an update to my post #9 in this thread, for anyone who might be interested in checking out the Raymond Arroyo show on EWTN tomorrow night (Thursday - 8 pm), to see if this "heresy charge" is discussed there, you can watch it online here,

        "http://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/live_player.asp?sat=dome" - EWTN - North American Live Satellite Video

or just go to the main EWTN site (below), click on "Television", then click "Watch Live", then select your location on their "Live Streaming" page.

        "http://www.ewtn.com/" - EWTN