I also like Bishop Fellay's response to this wonderful letter from our Holy Father. We are truly blessed to have him as the Vicar of Christ during these tumultuous times.
Agreed. Some people thought there would be quite a different response but Bishop Fellay responded exactly how I expected and hoped.
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My point is that not all differences of opinions are "attacks."
When expressed and received constructively, differences of opinion can be productive and enlightening, and, I believe, absolutely necessary in any "living" enterprise.
Funny I do not remember Jesus or the apostles ever ever promoting what you are? I do remember Jesus speaking through his Church(Lk 10:16) on matters of faith and morals because they have the power to bind and loose(Matt 18:15-18, 16:13-19).
But can you imagine if someone said to the apostles. "Uhh St. Paul I think you got it wrong on the Eucharist because I do not interpret it that way so it must be symbolic because I express my opinion about your teachings differently Or " St. Paul you got it wrong drunkenness is not a sin nore is active homosexuality. I have a differing opinion than you and its a good thing right"? Do you really think this is good? Do you think Christ would say "Cool a different opinion then my word and Church already revealed." Do you really think heresy is necessary for the Church?? I think you need to read scripture and study tradition again.
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What Jesus praised one of his apostles for was having no duplicity and what the Good News illustrates is the apostles stepping out of their lives and following Christ no questions asked. Those who despaired, Jesus cut loose. The Gospel reflects obedience and adherence to the narrow road.
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Pope Admits Online News Can Provide Infallible Aid
MADRID —
The letterreleased Thursday in which Pope Benedict XVIadmitted that the Vatican had made “mistakes” in handling the case of a Holocaust-denying bishop was unprecedented in its directness, its humanity and its acknowledgment of papal fallibility.
But it also contained two sentences unique in the annals of church history.
“I have been told that consulting the information available on the Internet would have made it possible to perceive the problem early on,” Benedict wrote. “I have learned the lesson that in the future in the Holy See we will have to pay greater attention to that source of news.”
In other words: “Note to the Roman Curia: try Google.”
The Vatican, a 2,000-year-old monarchy built on the ruins of the Roman Empire and run by octogenarians, has officially recognized the demands of the 24-hour news cycle, not a 24-century one.
In his disarmingly human letter, Benedict acknowledged the “avalanche of protests” elicited after he revoked the excommunication of four schismatic bishops in January, including Richard Williamson, who in a television interviewbroadcast a few days earlier — and widely available online — had denied the existence of the Nazi gas chambers.
In the ensuing weeks, the pope said he had not been aware of Bishop Williamson’s views at the time he revoked the excommunication, and he repeatedly condemned anti-Semitism.
But the criticism did not stop, as Catholics and Jews alike questioned the pope’s moral authority.
Pope Admits Online News Can Provide Infallible Aid 
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