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BREAKING: Vatican Dismisses Father Frank Pavone From Priesthood
National Catholic Register ^ | December 18, 2022 | Joe Bukuras

Posted on 12/18/2022 10:47:29 AM PST by Morgana

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To: Sacajaweau

“Schism”? Aren’t there like 30,000 of them now? You can start your own for $9.95.


61 posted on 12/18/2022 3:37:43 PM PST by Eastern Shore Virginian (I am 100% certain.........but I may be wrong.)
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To: CletusVanDamme

Beats me


62 posted on 12/18/2022 3:46:15 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Morgana

That man, Frank, has got to go.


63 posted on 12/18/2022 4:06:15 PM PST by Maris Crane ( )
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To: Levy78
not Catholic, no sure how it works, but the good Cahotlics needs to completely remove the faggots, communists and atheists from the leadership.

Many of us have been trying to do just that but it has been an uphill battle for the last 20 years.

How it works is exactly part of the problem. We're a starkly hierarchical Church. A bishop's power over his priests is almost absolute...and if he's a liberal, you can only imagine what damage he can inflict. Traditional parishes form, grow patiently and slowly, and start to really catch on...and then get squashed like a bug.

For a while, that hierarchy was working in our favor. Benedict being elected was a refreshing shock, and it looked like we were on the cusp of a real Renaissance. But then...

Man I can't figure out what happened from there. My head's still spinning over all of it. The resignation, the election and governance of Bergoglio.

The one bright spot is that time is on our side. The committed young people still in the Church are very traditional...they fill parishes with young families while the aging 60s liberal retreads are presiding over geriatric, dying communities. If we can hold out against those orcs, things will get better.

If.

64 posted on 12/18/2022 4:18:10 PM PST by Claud
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To: Claud

Thank you for the insight! So what really happened with Benedict? He’s only the 2nd Pope in history to resign, correct? Clearly it wasn’t his health as he’ll still with us all these years later. I’ve never been able to figure his resignation out.


65 posted on 12/18/2022 4:22:51 PM PST by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: TonyM

Go read the writings of the great martyrs and bishops before A.D. 300 and see what they said about heretical communities following their own teachings instead of what was preached everywhere since the beginning.

And then come back and talk to me about who is heading for the lake of fire.


66 posted on 12/18/2022 4:23:13 PM PST by Claud
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To: Sacajaweau

Bring it. I’ll be part of it.
My church is sick !


67 posted on 12/18/2022 4:30:11 PM PST by bantam
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To: Levy78

1) forced out by homos

2) lost faith in Christianity personally, but sees that Christian based right and wrong is a necessity for the world


68 posted on 12/18/2022 4:34:24 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Levy78
So what really happened with Benedict? He’s only the 2nd Pope in history to resign, correct? Clearly it wasn’t his health as he’ll still with us all these years later. I’ve never been able to figure his resignation out.

Me neither. Almost every Catholic I know is still scratching their heads over it.

Ratzinger was known as an arch-conservative, and prior to his election a bunch of traditional priests I talked to said there was *no way* he would ever be elected because of that. When his name was announced from the loggia, traditionalists like me just sat there with our mouths open. For Catholic nerds like us, it was an upset as big as Trump 2016. And some great stuff came of it. He handed down some great legislation like freeing up the traditional Mass and sacraments, bringing a whole bunch of disaffected conservative Anglicans into the Catholic fold, and taking on the liberal errors of the age.

So why then give that all up, and let a guy like Bergoglio take over? Boy, I have no idea.

From what I gather, Benedict was a good and holy man, but as an academic, he was unused to the backstabbing, politics and snakes of the Vatican. Before he resigned he was already talking about "so much filth" in the Church, and saying "pray for me, that I do not flee the wolves" (!!!) I wonder if he experienced things that just really disgusted him so much that he felt he was just not up to the task of solving. And if you look at the news stories during and since, you get an inkling of what he probably meant.

I believe only the second to resign, yes.

69 posted on 12/18/2022 4:41:28 PM PST by Claud
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To: StolarStorm

“The man who pretends to be Pope is not. Ignore him.”
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This!!!!!!!


70 posted on 12/18/2022 4:44:33 PM PST by bantam
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To: Levy78
I said "unused to the politics of the Vatican"....just wanted to clarify that Benedict was JPII's right hand man, so he wasn't completely unused to it of course.

But maybe something sinister had already started to creep in to the Vatican, worse than it was before. Certainly we know Benedict didn't want the job and prayed not to be elected.

71 posted on 12/18/2022 4:47:36 PM PST by Claud
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To: Morgana

This is totally against the bible. The Pope needs a good confession :(


72 posted on 12/18/2022 4:52:45 PM PST by halfright (His will be done, not mine. But HAMMER THE HECK OUT OF VOTER ID!!)
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To: TonyM

And wow, post 53 of this thread to get the likes of your post.
Thought it woulda been sooner.


73 posted on 12/18/2022 4:57:01 PM PST by bantam
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To: Claud

Appreciate all the info. I’ve always had a lot of respect for the church and hope it can work its way out from underneath all that ails it. It appears that a ‘revolution’ of sorts would be very difficult within the structural dynamic of the church. As the woke madness continues the church will have to make some serious choices.


74 posted on 12/18/2022 5:07:03 PM PST by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: Levy78

No problem. Yeah, we are not set up for revolution. When times have been bad, saints have been raised up quietly and out of the way, and they set things in motion that eventually corrected the ship over time.

Serious choices indeed!

Thanks for the good conversation.


75 posted on 12/18/2022 7:58:53 PM PST by Claud
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To: BykrBayb

So good to see you!! I read that horrible news today. What is in the Vatican???

Father Pavone is a great warrior for life and a faithful priest.


76 posted on 12/18/2022 8:02:34 PM PST by little jeremiah (Never worry about anything. Worry never solved any problem or moved any stone.)
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To: BykrBayb

“Father Frank Pavone was one of Terri Schindler Schiavo’s greatest defenders.”

Father Pavone was in the room with Terri at the end, comforting her as much as he could, and telling her there were so many people who loved her.


77 posted on 12/26/2022 3:06:12 AM PST by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: 43north

BINGO, 43.

That’s the ticket. Until a REAL CATHOLIC Pope is elected, just brush past the verbiage and hang on to Church Dogma.

Merry Chirstmas to all...and to all a Goodnight.


78 posted on 12/26/2022 3:28:18 AM PST by Maris Crane ( )
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