Posted on 02/05/2024 11:56:12 AM PST by ebb tide
Spanish-born Cardinal José Luis Lacunza, 79, of David, Panama, has described his mysterious two-day disappearance in Panama as a "stupid prank".
"It was a stupid prank, something I didn't do when I was 15 years old, and I did it now when I'm about to turn 80. The older I get, the more stupid I get," the Cardinal told parishioners at a Eucharist on Sunday.
This is the shocking level of the cardinals named by Francis. "I want to apologise and ask for your forgiveness for the displeasure I have caused you in recent days," Lacunza said at Sunday Mass (4 February).
The prelate disappeared last week and was found two days later disguised as a layman in his car in the Panamanian province of Chiriquí.
This is the first public explanation of the cardinal's disappearance.
The "normal and synodal thing to do" would be to clarify what really happened, La Cigüeña De La Torre wrote on 3 February on InvoVaticana.com, "but that's not going to happen".
He sure knows how to pick 'em.
Ping
here = hear
Dollars to donuts the basic issue, beyond this self-described “prank”, is an extreme example of an “alternate lifestyle” incompatible with his public image as a prince of Holy Mother Church.
If I were a bishop, I might very likely ditch the aides and hangers-on, dress in civvies, and anonymously visit the Parishes entrusted to my care from the back pew ...
But If I got caught doing it, I wouldn’t hide it.
Indeed. If he was playing “undercover boss”, he’d not be calling it “stupid” or “a prank”.
He’s clearly got the emotional maturity level of a teenager, if not younger.
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