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...Communion on the tongue
ROSARIO, Argentina – Tension continues to grow over the Vatican-ordered closure of a diocesan seminary in Argentina’s Mendoza region.
Last week, Bishop Eduardo Taussig released a letter to the faithful, trying to calm down the situation after hundreds of people gathered to pray the rosary in front of the seminary, but it backfired.
The closure of the priestly formation center in San Rafael, Mendoza, was announced in July. Taussig, who supported the Vatican decision to close the facility, traveled to Rome in October to further discuss the matter with the Congregation for Clergy and upon his return said the decision was made and not up for discussion.
Widely regarded as “traditional,” the seminary was the formation house for dozens of diocesan priests in San Rafael, some of whom see no justification for the decision and who’ve publicly challenged it for months during their homilies.
Though observers have pointed out that the bishop has long disliked the conservative view of the seminary and had long sought to shut it down, the final straw was when the seminary became a stronghold for those who opposed COVID-19 restrictions that ordered Communion only be given in the hand.
On Oct. 30, Taussig released a video addressing the “confusion generated by the anonymous call for protests” that led people to pray in front of the seminary.
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Protests continue in Argentina over decision to close 'conservative' seminary
ROSARIO, Argentina – Tension continues to grow over the Vatican-ordered closure of a diocesan seminary in Argentina’s Mendoza region.
Last week, Bishop Eduardo Taussig released a letter to the faithful, trying to calm down the situation after hundreds of people gathered to pray the rosary in front of the seminary, but it backfired.
The closure of the priestly formation center in San Rafael, Mendoza, was announced in July. Taussig, who supported the Vatican decision to close the facility, traveled to Rome in October to further discuss the matter with the Congregation for Clergy and upon his return said the decision was made and not up for discussion.
Widely regarded as “traditional,” the seminary was the formation house for dozens of diocesan priests in San Rafael, some of whom see no justification for the decision and who’ve publicly challenged it for months during their homilies.
Though observers have pointed out that the bishop has long disliked the conservative view of the seminary and had long sought to shut it down, the final straw was when the seminary became a stronghold for those who opposed COVID-19 restrictions that ordered Communion only be given in the hand.
On Oct. 30, Taussig released a video addressing the “confusion generated by the anonymous call for protests” that led people to pray in front of the seminary.
Continued below
Protests continue in Argentina over decision to close 'conservative' seminary
