Posted on 08/23/2021 7:19:06 PM PDT by marshmallow
Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà had linked homosexuality to lack of a father figure and refused to retract his comments after intense pressure from LGBT activists.
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Spanish Bishop of Solsona, known for his previous stand against homosexuality and his support of Catalonian independence.
On August 23, Pope Francis publicly accepted the resignation of the 52-year-old Bishop of Solsona diocese, Bishop Xavier Novell Gomà, after the bishop had reportedly spent a “period of reflection, discernment and prayer” regarding his future and then “spontaneously” offered his resignation to the Pope.
With the see now vacant, Pope Francis has appointed as Apostolic Administrator Bishop Romà Casanova, the current Bishop of Vic.
In a brief statement about the resignation, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Spain stated that Bishop Gomà had offered his resignation for “strictly personal reasons” and that he did so under the conditions of Canon 401 §2 of the Church’s Code of Canon Law.
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This is how schisms begin.
I remember the many articles written when this man was rumored to be and then selected as the next Pope. So many warnings of his total Lack of Theological Knowledge and his affinity to Socialism and dictator-style management.
Of course, none of those warnings mattered.
The plan was set in place by the radicals who for many many years had infiltrated The Church and worked their way into the upper echelons of The Church.
They were smart enough to know that it is FAR easier to destroy from within. Meanwhile, the Flock was asleep. Oblivious to the plot.
This EXACT same scenario has played out with America and our Government. Federal, State, and Local. And, more recently, our US Military Command Structure.
Yet Francis refused to accept the resignation of the heretic, Reinhard Marx, who is 67 years old.
In new interview, Cardinal Marx speaks on same-sex blessings
German cardinal Marx a lightning rod in Francis’s papacy
Cardinal Marx: church needs to seriously discuss celibacy, role of women and sexual morality
“...only half the congregation is kneeling” and all that.
Coming soon: Pope Francis orders deletion of Bible passages which are not Politically Correct.
New Bible to have 110 pages.
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