[RFT1]

His local Bishop is Cardinal Mahony, so I doubt anything could have been worked out. Material schism such as seen at parish such as St Joan of arc in Minneapolis MN is in my opinion far more dangerous that being in a illregular relationship with Rome.

http://www.stjoan.com

[litany_of_lies]

Let the press and the heretics in the Catholic priesthood and hierarchy try to use Gibson's possibly "schismatic" situation as an excuse to dis "The Passion."

Lessee, am I more worried about:
- a guy who makes a historically accurate movie about The Passion with the potential to expose millions to the possibility of eternal salvation? OR
- a US church leadership where two-thirds of the bishops have been directly involved or have worked to cover up the homosexual assaults of their priests and other clergy? (My two-thirds figure comes from the latest edition of New Oxford Review, so I'm going to take it as accurate)

Hmm. Gibson or perverts, Gibson or perverts.......?

So a bunch of perverts are going to cry anti-Semitism, go after Gibson personally, and tell people not to go? You can't buy that kind of publicity. Absent some kind of boycott or intimidation attempt, which I wouldn't rule out, I sense that it will be one of the all-time hits of the sliver screen.

[Coleus]

Yes, that is true; however, only a priest under a bishop can perform the sacraments. In Gibson's case, the priest can not perform sacraments since he's not in concert with the Holy See.