Posted on 07/10/2025 1:25:37 PM PDT by ebb tide
With the appointment of Fr. Thomas Hennen, bishop-elect, as bishop of Baker, Oregon, we face a troubling reality: instead of correcting the trajectory set by Pope Francis, Pope Leo XIV is doubling down on it – deepening the ambiguity that has plagued the Church.
Fr. Hennen is not merely a well-meaning pastor – he was intimately involved in drafting pastoral guidelines that blur the clear lines of Catholic teaching on sexuality and gender. His work with Davenport’s LGBTQ+ directive may carry the veneer of welcoming language, but in substance it echoes the rhetorical strategies of gender ideology, undermining Catholic clarity and weakening the call to chastity. When who we are as men and women becomes negotiable, the Gospel becomes negotiable.
This doctrinal smokescreen is the hallmark of the Lavender Mafia – a clandestine network within the Church hierarchy that protects and advances a homosexual ideology while masquerading under the banner of compassion. It gained unprecedented influence during the Francis era: from the explicit approval of same-sex blessings to episcopal cover-ups. Its tentacles now reach into the Leo papacy, and Fr. Hennen’s appointment is proof.
READ: Bishop Strickland: When wolves wear vestments – the synodal siege within the Church
Pope Francis presided over a doctrinal collapse: Fiducia Supplicans green-lighted blessings of same-sex unions, plain and simple. That rupture has not been undone by Pope Leo – it is being compounded. As shepherds, we are called not to pick our metaphors but to call sin precisely; and when mercy soft-soils truth, souls are lost.
As bishops, we have a sacred duty to cry out to Our Holy Father: if you are serious about reform, dismantle this network of confusion. Remove ideologues who use pastoral language to conceal doctrinal erosion. Appoint shepherds who preach the unvarnished, uncompromised Gospel of Christ, not politically correct euphemisms dressed in synodal platitudes.
I speak not in a spirit of rebellion, but in fidelity to Christ and His Bride. If that is too strong for Rome, then the silence from the top is deafening proof that nothing has changed.
The faithful deserve better. The Bride of Christ demands better. We will remain loud, unwavering, and clear. No more blessings without conversion. No more ambiguity. No more Lavender Mafia!
This article was originally published on Bishop Strickland’s Substack page.
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If this guy had Epstein’s list, he’d release it.
As diminished stickland compounds the reasons he was fired!
Unleash the runt-hound - who now flat out is attacking Pope Leo (who probably actually knows the reasons why diminutive strickland was fired.) I guess little strickland is giving up on a reprieve from Pope Leo. Should you warn your little buddy, immodest strickland, that there might be further repercussions?
How many strikes has the cartoon network thrown at Pope Leo today, ebby? Has itty bitty strickland given you permission to start firing your blanks at the new Pope? Unleash the Chihuahuas! The posse is running wild!
Your comment is absolutely vile. This is a Catholic Caucus thread. Get off!
Anyone who attacks Bishop Strickland, such as yourself, Bergorglio or Jimmy Martin, S.J., is an enemy of the Catholic Church.
You have long ago indicated you stand with Bergoglio’s Lavender Mafia and that you will die on their Homo Hill.
Bishop Strickland was “fired” for being Catholic. Having observed your comments on this forum for some time, I’m not at all convinced that YOU are Catholic.
What part of “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered ... under no circumstances can they be approved” do you not understand?
Diminshed was fired ebby. You know this is a fact. It is not an attack.
Does diminished have the conjones to declare Pope Leo a heretic? Remember this quote for the ages?: “I’m declaring, (Pope) Francis was a heretic and died a heretic.” This could get interesting; in a diminished way.
Here again, you are presenting a lie. Bishop Strickland never made that statement; I did.
Your dishonesty is despicable.
I never said diminished made that statement.
But it is good to admit your sins against your former Pope. Take it to the confessional. Are you going to make the same claims against your current Pope?
Your cartoon network is getting close to the same suggestion. strickland is biting the hand that used to feed him. What about it? Posting from the posse makes you culpable, doesn’t it, ebby?
Speaking the Truth is not a sin, foister.
Your lies about Bishop Strickland, however, need to be confessed.
But I doubt you’re even Catholic.
Once again you say “your Pope,” proving that you are not a Catholic. The next time you use that phrase, I will hit the abuse button. This is a Catholic Caucus thread, so get off!
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