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To: saradippity
I have a friend in Arizona--a VERY orthodox Catholic lady--who says that the problems you iterated are very real, and ongoing.

Sad. Perhaps the new Bishop (whenever he gets there) will begin working on them.
216 posted on 07/06/2003 5:38:26 AM PDT by ninenot (Joe McCarthy was RIGHT, but Drank Too Much)
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To: ninenot
Yes,every thing I said is fact,and there is so much more.But it is also true that currently we have some of the most wonderful,holy,intelligent and orthodox young priests.

To this point,and because of our recently resigned bishop's inability or unwillingness to act,they have quietly gone about their business,keeping a low profile; preaching the Gospel,teaching the Truth and administering the sacraments.

I had heard that Pope John Paul II,saw his mission as planting the Word of God throughout the world,which we can see ,he has tried to do. He supposedly believed that it was his job to sow and anothers to harvest. I do know I read that he said "God will do the harvesting".

At a point,he came to realize that he needed to start separating the wheat from the chaff,himself.That is what I believe is happening all over this country,exemplified in my own diocese by the "accident" of the bishop,which I thought was an act of Divine Intervention signaling a new beginning for the Phoenix diocese. I pray the new bishop will bring the Faith and the Catholic Church back to us.

243 posted on 07/06/2003 9:50:35 AM PDT by saradippity
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