Posted on 01/14/2023 4:00:35 PM PST by ebb tide
Earlier this year an Argentine priest struggling to understand the Vatican’s controversial closure of one of the country’s top seminaries wrote to Pope Francis seeking answers.
The priest, maintaining his fidelity and that of his brother priests to the Second Vatican Council, as well as their devotion to the sacraments, the spiritual life, and the sick, inquired whether a literal reading of Vatican II meant the presbyterate was overly rigid.
“Is this rigidity bad? Is it ideology? Don't we have a place in the Church today?” he asked.
Pope Francis wrote him back.
“In your letter you point out to me that they have taken the Second Vatican Council literally and immediately afterwards you ask me if rigidity is bad,” the Pope wrote.
“Dear son, rigidity is not a gift from God, meekness yes, kindness yes, benevolence yes, forgiveness yes, but rigidity no!”
The frank exchange — spelled out in letters obtained by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language sister news agency — sheds new light on the Vatican’s controversial closure of Holy Mother of God Seminary in November 2020, and the resulting tension that still plagues the Argentine Diocese of San Rafael.
The Seminary Controversy
The San Rafael seminary, located in the province of Mendoza, was one of the most successful in Argentina and all of Latin America, with many vocations.
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The only rigid one is Bergoglio, himself.
Ping
Indeed, has there ever in history been a pope more rigid than Bergoglio, one who stubbornly sticks to the same handful of brain-dead talking points while simultaneously shutting off any and all contrarian views? What did we do to deserve this petty pathetic excuse for a man?
I’m old enough to remember when we had Catholic popes.
The last thing Bergoglio wants is orthodox priests.
He hates the Catholic Church.
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