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Posted on 12/21/2022 6:19:47 PM PST by marshmallow
'What appears to many of us Catholics who love our Church is selective "mercy" from the Pope of Mercy.'
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(LifeSiteNews) – Sister Deidre “Dede” Byrne has come to the defense of Father Frank Pavone, calling his laicization a “travesty” and raising concerns about the Vatican’s favorable treatment of heterodox and abusive priests.
“The most vocal pro-life priest has been laicized,” lamented Sister Byrne, a member of the Little Workers of the Sacred Hearts order in Washington, D.C.
“In the wake of this travesty,” she said, “we still have the most pro-death, anti-nuclear family president in our nation’s history who professes to be a Catholic in good standing.” She added that the Vatican and most U.S. bishops have provided “no real guidance” regarding Joe Biden’s scandalous behavior.
Sister Byrne, who rose to national prominence for her fiery speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention, also contrasted Pavone’s laicization with the Vatican’s leniency toward serial abuser Father Marko Rupnik and other problematic clerics.
“Fr. Marko Rupnik is excommunicated in 2019 for sexually abusing religious sisters and then absolved them in Confession. However, this same priest was permitted by the Holy See to create the logo for the 2022 World Meeting of Families,” she noted.
“What appears to many of us Catholics who love our Church is selective ‘mercy’ from the Pope of Mercy.”
The orthodox nun urged Catholics to pray for Pavone and other priests who are “canceled for speaking truth.”
As LifeSiteNews has reported, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, announced Fr. Pavone’s laicization in a December 13 letter to U.S. bishops. The Vatican charged the famed pro-life priest with “blasphemous communications on social media” and “persistent disobedience of the lawful instructions of..........
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Da pope is not catholic no more.
Don’t say it, Jeff . . .
God bless this woman.
It’s time for Catholics to cancel the Pope. In my opinion he doesn’t deserve to remain in the office of leader of the Faith.
Holy Spirit, cleanse Your Church.⁴
We still have the REAL POPE, Benedict, sitting in exile somewhere.
Would that he would speak and undo this travesty.
I remember this Good Lady’s speech at the convention.
I was very impressed.
Yes, bless him. Do you believe Pope Benedict was forced out and being kept in prison of some sort?
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