Posted on 03/13/2020 5:55:36 PM PDT by marshmallow
Rome flip-flops on decree as Catholics lampoon 'Roman pantomime'
ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - The cardinal vicar of Rome is blaming the pontiff for the diktat to shut churches in Rome while proceeding to explain that a "further confrontation with Pope Francis this morning," compelled him to reverse his decision.
On Thursday, Cdl. Angelo De Donatis issued a decree to barricade the faithful from churches "not because the state requires it, but out of a sense of belonging to the human family, exposed to a virus whose nature and propagation we do not yet know."
The prohibition ordered that "access to the parochial and non-parochial churches of the diocese of Rome" as well as "religious buildings of any kind" — both normally open to the public by canon law — is "forbidden to all the faithful" until April 3.
However, on Friday, the pope's vicar for the diocese of Rome backpedaled and issued a fresh communiqué to "clarify" and "modify" the previous day's decree, stating that parish and mission churches would remain open.
Donatis said he was "placing the ultimate responsibility for entry into places of worship on priests and all the faithful, so as not to expose the population to any danger of contagion."
"At the same time, today's decision has been taken to avoid sign of a physical ban on access to the place of worship by closing it, which could create disorientation and a greater sense of insecurity," and "any ecclesial precautionary measure must take into account not only the common good of civil society, but also that unique and precious good which is the faith, especially that of the littlest ones," the cardinal said.
The updated decree also urged the faithful "to comply with a mature conscience and with a sense of responsibility to the.......
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The Vicar of Rome said in his initial announcement that he had “consulted” with Bergoglio and had been told to shut down the churches. After the blowback got too bad, Bergoglio bailed on it and is trying to blame the Vicar.
Bergoglio, holed up in his impermeable lair, is an evil man.
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