[Heart-Rest]

In recent months, Cardinal Dolan has been repeatedly offering his own echoing version of the general thrust of the quote attributed to Pope

Francis, "Who am I to judge?"

Do Cardinal Dolan and his fellow bishops (both inside the USCCB and elsewhere), and other prominent Catholic

leaders, believe it is a good or bad thing to discern (judge) what actions and behaviors are sins? Do they believe it is a good idea to discern

(judge) that it is not a good idea for anyone to promote sins and sinful activities and behaviors, in parades or anywhere else? Do they believe

it is appropriate for Catholic leaders to approve of openly active sinners promoting their sinful activities and behaviors during a celebration

of a great Saint of the Catholic Church?

Do they know when Jesus said "Judge not", he was referring to the judgment of the souls of sinners and saints, which will only be done by God,

and He was NOT referring to the judgment of sins and sinful activities, which MUST be judged by EVERYONE if they are to be able to recognize

sins in order to avoid them, and to be able to confess those sins they do commit, and to be able to ask forgiveness for those sins, and to be able to make a good sacramental

confession, (as clearly pointed out by Cardinal Burke and others)? Does Cardinal Dolan really know the meaning of "love the sinner, hate the

sin, and NEVER promote sin"?

[Heart-Rest]

Catholic media entities and personalities (such as "EWTN" and "Teresa Tomeo") continue to feature, support and endorse Cardinal Dolan as a great spiritual teacher for all of us through their media outlets, even though he is now publicly advocating for the allowance of open promotion of mortal sin (active homosexuality) during the public celebration of a Catholic Saint, St. Patrick. Should those media people publicly sever that support for Cardinal Dolan, and stop featuring his Radio and TV programs (like the series he did this year for EWTN during lent)?

For some additional background information, please see the following links (with thanks to the original posters who shared these links first).

• "BREAKING: NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade Goes Gay - Dolan Cheers!" - ChurchMilitantTV

• "Wicked Bishops" - ChurchMilitantTV

• "As I Have Been Screeching for Years, Timothy Dolan is an Unmitigated Jackass" - Ann Barnhardt

• "When Paul Corrected Peter" - George Neumayr, The American Spectator Magazine    (This Biblical principle also applies to correcting Cardinals and other leaders.)

(Please pray with me for Pope Francis, Cardinal Dolan, the USCCB, all bishops and clergy, EWTN, Teresa Tomeo, the malleable Bill Donohue, and for all of the rest of us.    That should keep all of us busy for a while...)

(I'm also praying that Cardinal Dolan will be reassigned very soon to some cloistered monastery, possibly in a desert in the middle of the Middle East somewhere, or maybe somewhere deep in the jungle, in order to spend the rest of his life in silence and penitential solitude and contemplation for the rest of his earthly days, in prayerful meditation on the meaning and nature of "sin", and "forgiveness", and the meaning of the command, "Go and sin no more".)

In these sad and challenging days, if Cardinal Dolan (along with his fellow travelers) "gets your Irish up", here are a few songs you might want to listen to...

"Hail Glorious St. Patrick"

"Danny Boy"

"Faith of Our Fathers"

[GraceG]

Have you ever been to barnhardt.biz?

You might enjoy some of Ann’s writings..

[FlingWingFlyer]

It sounds as though they are planning a fabulous, adults only, St. Patrick’s Day parade next year. Just don’t take the kids.

[WayneS]

On the ‘plus’ side, there will be shorter lines at the confessional...

[Amendment10]

Regarding the evil of same-sex sexual relationships which the Holy Bible clearly condemns as evidenced by Romans 1:26-27, please consider the following.

Matthew 18:15-17 shows that Jesus taught how Christians are to confront unrepentant members of congregation, judging them, and then expelling them from the congregation if necessary.

In fact, not only is 1 Corinthians 5 an example of an unrepentant member being expelled from the congregation, but 1 Corinthians 5:12 again instructs Christians that we are responsible for judging other members in a congregation.

[mlizzy]

Cardinal Dolan is showing me how easy it is to succumb, and I worry about my own soul because of it. While I’ll join you in prayer, most definitely, we must all remember to pray for ourselves as well.

[CdMGuy]

As the late great Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen once said:

“WHO IS GOING TO SAVE OUR CHURCH? NOT OUR BISHOPS, NOT OUR PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS. IT IS UP TO THE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE THE MINDS, THE EYES, THE EARS TO SAVE THE CHURCH. YOUR MISSION IS TO SEE THAT YOUR PRIESTS ACT LIKE PRIESTS, YOUR BISHOPS, LIKE BISHOPS, AND YOUR RELIGIOUS ACT LIKE RELIGIOUS.”

With the way that Dolan is behaving, I would not be surprised if Archbishop Sheen awakens from his crypt in St. Patrick’s and asks to be shipped to the Bishop of Peoria.

[Salvation]

And the positive analysis? Is where?

Pray for him.

[trebb]

Questions:

What should be done about these sinners?

Should they be kicked out of churches?

Is the recognition of their sins enough or does some extra action need to be taken?

What judgement would you impose?