To: Cronos
This is a famous but timely quote: Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Secretary of State of Pope Pius VII, said to Napoleon who threatened to destroy the Church: “You will not succeed, your majesty. Not even we [priests, bishops and cardinals] had been able to do that”.
4 posted on
07/26/2021 9:24:40 AM PDT by
fidelis
(Defeatism and despair are like poison to men's souls. If you can't be positive, at least be quiet.)
To: fidelis
In our days, Bergoglio told Xi: "You will succeed, your majesty. I'll even let you pick our bishops in China. We'll change our teachings according to CCP theology."
The hope of Chinese to see Christians in reality now rests not on Catholics but on Orthodox and Protestants.
5 posted on
07/26/2021 9:29:34 AM PDT by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: fidelis; ebb tide
This is a famous but timely quote: Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, Secretary of State of Pope Pius VII, said to Napoleon who threatened to destroy the Church: “You will not succeed, your majesty. Not even we [priests, bishops and cardinals] had been able to do that”.Exactly. There have been bad clergy before and even today and they haven't and won't succeed - because God will see His church through
25 posted on
07/27/2021 12:28:57 AM PDT by
Cronos
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