Posted on 02/12/2020 6:23:53 PM PST by marshmallow
Faithful prelate warns: 'We already live in a situation of schism'
TURIN, Italy (ChurchMilitant.com) - In January, Church Militant reported on Bp. Derio Olivero of Pinerolo's deliberate omission of the Nicene Creed during Mass in order to avoid offending non-Catholics. It wasn't the first time Bp. Olivero made headlines for his controversial decisions, as members of his diocese, along with clergy of the neighboring archdiocese of Turin, have been engaging in spreading heretical practices for years.
Before becoming bishop of Pinerolo in 2017, Msgr. Olivero then was vicar general of the diocese of Fossano, and presented himself for his last celebration in the diocesan cathedral clothed in jeans and t-shirt. He knelt before the congregation and asked to be "blessed" by his parishioners. Liberal Catholic magazine Famiglia Cristiana praised the gesture as one of "humility ... exactly the way Pope Francis likes it."
Bishop Olivero also has close ties with heterodox theologian Andrea Grillo, famous for his attacks on Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Grillo has said that Benedict should "move away from the Vatican and remain silent forever." Grillo and Olivero have organized formation courses together and the theologian even wrote the preface for the bishop's latest book, published in December.
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Why not omit references to God entirely, to avoid offending atheists?
Sure sounds like a coup, doesn't it?
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