Posted on 01/25/2022 6:31:55 PM PST by marshmallow
The newly consecrated Bishop David Bonnar of the diocese of Youngstown, Ohio appeared to confuse enthusiasm for jabs with 'current Church teaching'.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (LifeSiteNews) — A newly installed Ohio bishop has issued a warning letter to his priests, banning them from speaking against the abortion-tainted COVID-19 vaccines or government health mandates.
Bishop David Bonnar of the diocese of Youngstown, Ohio has threatened to remove their faculties if they do.
The bishop issued his letter last Wednesday, complaining that priests in his diocese have been condemning the COVID vaccines from the pulpit, which he described as “an abuse.”
“Sadly, it has been brought to my attention that some of our preachers have been using the pulpit and homily time to speak about the vaccine … I want to state unequivocally that I will no longer condone abuses in this area,” he wrote.
Bonnar went as far as threatening to remove the preaching faculties of priests who condemn the vaccines. All the current COVID vaccines in use in the USA were developed or tested using cell-lines derived from aborted infants. Meanwhile, millions of injuries and thousands of deaths following use of the vaccines has been reported to such watchdogs as the USA’s own VAERS report. Nevertheless, Pope Francis is a firm supporter of the COVID inoculations and has even characterized submitting to the syringe as “an act of love.”
“If I am made aware that any clergy is using the pulpit to promote political opinions and denouncing current Church teaching [sic], I will have no other recourse than to revoke their faculty to preach,” he said.
What Bonnar referred to as “current Church teaching” was Pope Francis’ and other leading clergy’s personal endorsement of the COVID-19 vaccines.
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who would Jesus threaten
So not wanting the holy sacrament of Fauci is basically blasphemy now?
Interesting.
Seems they need to read about matters of conscience in 1 Corinthians....
If my bishop does this I will stop all contributions and leave the church. This bishop is demonstrating that he is not catholic. Luke warm and I will spit you from my mouth.
More Catholic nonsense.
This institution is not of the faith any longer.
So sad.
It hasnt been for a couple thousand years
The bishop should be more concerned about the predatory homosexual priests who are “jabbing” teenage boys.
Bonnar: another pedophile enabler from the sodomite network centered in Pittsburgh.
Fr. Bonnar was appointed by Pope Francis with an announcement made Tuesday morning.
“I am overwhelmed by the trust and confidence the Holy Father has placed in me in appointing me the Bishop of Youngstown. It is humbling following a long line of Pittsburgh priests that include Cardinal Maida, Cardinal Wuerl, Cardinal DiNardo, Archbishop Hebda, Bishop Bosco, Bishop Tobin, Bishop Zubik, Bishop Burns, and Bishop Bradley, who have been called to shepherd and serve the Church beyond our diocese,” said Father Bonnar in a press release.
https://goachronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Pages-from-pa-abuse-report.pdf
On April 12, 1993, Zubik and Guay met with Burchianti to inform Burchianti of the
allegations made by John Doe 2. Burchianti admitted to having had a sexual relationship with
him over the years, but disputed the number of times it occurred. As a result of the meeting,
Burchianti resigned as pastor of St. Joseph, effective immediately and then requested a leave of
absence for health reasons. On April 13, 1993, Burchianti was admitted to St. Francis Hospital.
On May 6, 1993, Burchianti was admitted to St. Michael’s for assessment and treatment . .
On September 25, 2007, Father David Bonnar, Father John Rushofsky and Flaherty, met
with Burchianti to discuss the allegations. During this meeting, Burchianti admitted to sexual
contact with John Doe 1 and “wished he could erase his past.” Burchianti also admitted to being
“sexually involved with [John Doe 1 mother for 6-8 months” and that he along with
Castelucci and Smoley, would take young boys to the seminary pool and brag to one another
about them.
On June 10, 2008, the Diocese provided John Doe 1 with for $24,000 for counseling he
was receiving as a result of this abuse.
During his tenure as a priest, Burchianti appears to have been evaluated and treated at
St. Luke’s and/or St. Michael’s Institute on at least three separate occasions in 1989, 1993 and
2012 for “inappropriate relationships with male minors.” Burchianti died in 2013. . .
On October 1, 2007 Father David Bonnar, Secretary for Parish Life and Ministerial
Leadership, sent a letter to Karabin. In the letter, he stated that the Pittsburgh Post -Gazette had
recently published an article that named a number of priests allegedly involved in cases of sexual
abuse that prompted lawsuits against the Diocese. Bonnar advised, “Please know that the
Diocese of Pittsburgh did not furnish the names for this article.” . .
“who would Jesus threaten”
Hope it doesn’t come to it but wonder if before the Judge this Bishop will see the stern Face of the Savior: “Why didn’t you protect my little lambs from the wolves of mammon and power?!” Why did you muzzle My true servants speaking the truth, voices crying out in the wilderness? Have you never read Psalms 91 and 139, that I scrutinize every step of My little ones and that they cannot be harmed by anything unless I permit it? Did it not occur to you that a part of my faithful priests’ witness was the repeating of stories of deaths and serious injuries after tales of the shot spoken of in hospitals, nursing homes, and private homes? Out of my sight you wicked servant, I never knew you, you naive worldling.”
Vigano tells the faithful they an obligation to actively, not just passively resist injurious medical treatment.
He worships Big Pharma.
He is my bishop....
I support what this bishop has done. The homily is not just any occasion to deliver any kind of message; it is actually part and parcel of the Proclamation of the Gospel. Often a homily takes the form of an explanation of the Gospel text that was just read, but sometimes it simply serves as a word of encouragement to the faithful to continue to work on lives of virtue and holiness.
There is nothing standing in the way of a pastor to organize an evening when an expert in virology can instruct the faithful on the virus or the production of the vaccines, or when a Catholic ethicist can present Catholic teaching on the ethical dilemma of taking the vaccines. I imagine, too, that the pastor can publish something in the weekly bulletin.
Bottom line: the homily is not the time or place for the priest to express his opinion on current events, whatever they may be at the moment.
“the homily is not the time or place for the priest to express his opinion on current events, whatever they may be at the moment.”
Respectfully, couldn’t disagree more. Speak on the Gospel, of course, but plenty of time to add other items. Apply the Gospel and Readings to real life. Seen entire homilies on YouTube, one an FSSP priest, on the dangers of the vaccine and COVID tyranny/hypocrisy. Big issue being mandated. Destroying jobs, and the priest should be silent?! Few parishioners come to special evenings. You have them at Mass. Vaccine killing some, injuring others. Warn the sheep. Informed consent, not blind obedience. Tired of snore-inducing homilies in which nothing hard is said. Hard truths not spoken so probably 80% or more of childbearing age parishioners are contracepting. Objectively speaking, a mortal sin. Contraceptives are abortifacients and carcinogenic, they contain cancer-causing chemicals. Young women of parish suffer cancer spikes like the women of the pagan society in which they live. The Saints are courageous, they are not hirelings, they protect the lambs from the wolves, they are as shrewd as serpents and they read the signs of the times, and uncover hidden truths. How unsurprising this Bishop. Another poster gave his history. Francis promotes another from the church sissified.
“Silence. Silence. We have had enough of silence! Cry out in a thousand voices! I see the world is rotten because of silence!”
-St. Catherine of Siena
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