‘You Lead the Catholic Church to Disrespect Its Own Laws’: Priest Responds to Sanctions from Pope Francis

LifeSite News ^ | 7/4/22 | Fr. Jesus Mary Missigbeto

[marshmallow]

Father Jesusmary Missigbètò responds in writing to Pope Francis, after the pope confirmed the sanctions imposed on the priest by Opus Dei.

Editor’s note: The following is the response of a Catholic priest from the Ivory Coast written to Pope Francis, following the confirmation of sanctions imposed upon him for writing to the Pope about the pontiff’s “heresies.” The priest writes under the name Father Jesusmary Missigbètò: his first open letter can be read here, with the second here, the third here, and the fourth here.

(LifeSiteNews) – To the Reigning Pontiff Pope Francis, I have just received the Decree of the Congregation for Bishops, signed by you and Cardinal Marc Ouellet, in which you validate the sanctions imposed on me by the Prelature of Opus Dei because, according to the Decree, I lacked “respect and obedience to the Supreme Pontiff” (Code of Canon Law 273). In short, I am forbidden to preach, confess and celebrate Mass in public.

I take note of your decision, which I do not approve of because it is unjust. Moreover, I cannot, in conscience, renounce my public criticism of Pope Francis because, since 2016, you yourself have seriously lacked “respect and obedience to God and the People of God.” Indeed, before being pope and bishop, you are a priest and, according to the Code of Canon Law, “in leading their lives, clerics are bound in a special way to pursue holiness since, having been consecrated to God by a new title in the reception of orders, they are dispensers of the mysteries of God in the service of His people” (276).

Furthermore, as bishop and pope, you are concerned by the following canons: “an apostate from the faith, a heretic, or a schismatic incurs a latae sententiae excommunication” (1364); “a person who............

[NWFree]

I stand with JesusJoseph&Mary 🤪

[JesusIsLord]

Dearest Father, I take refuge in the open side of Jesus Crucified and in the tears of the Virgin Mary at the foot of the Cross…<\i>

[ebb tide]

Apostate Pope Ping

[SamuraiScot]

Could we have this guy as Pope instead?

He'd be the first black Pope--I think. Wouldn't it be shocking and racist for Francis not to support that?

[dfwgator]

Ever since JPII, I’ve wanted an African Pope, since they tend to be the most conservative.

[MinorityRepublican]

Ever since JPII, I’ve wanted an African Pope, since they tend to be the most conservative.

You could argue that European and American Cardinals are no longer "Catholic".

[dfwgator]

Yep. Still some good Polish ones.

[MercyFlush]

Good to see real Catholics standing up against the faggot socialist.

[Clemenza]

If Satan speaks, it’s with an Irish accent and he is wearing a collar and cassock.

[Revel]

If there were more priests like this then the Catholic Church might still mean something.

[roving]

Calling a teacher father is just wrong. We have only one father.

[SamuraiScot]

I’ve wanted an African Pope, since they tend to be the most conservative.

Darn right. I've met several African priests. Life on the front lines against voodoo and Communism will make you that way.

God bless 'em!

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

I hope the pope accompanies him in his periphery as a doctor at a field hospital....more than “let this one die” as i got.

[Campion]

Calling a teacher father is just wrong.

Yep, Paul sure got it wrong when he wrote in 1 Cor 4:15:

For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. (NASB)

in fact, he got it wrong again in Philemon (such a short book to get something wrong in!)

I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I fathered in my imprisonment (1:10, NASB)

So glad we have people around like you to catch Paul's many errors and set us Catlicks on the right path! /s/s/s/s

[ADSUM]

Yes, we have biological fathers and fathers that adopted to raise children that follows Christ’s teaching “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one.” Mt 19:5

We also have priests as spiritual fathers to provide us with the Mass and Sacraments for our salvation.

We only have one God that we call God the Almighty Father, His son Jesus and the Holy Spirit. So call no one else or material things God.

Avoid the false prophets and teachers that lead some astray with bad fruits. Mt 7:15