Fr. Casey Cole

[RileyG]

Hi all,

What are your thoughts on the Franciscan Friar, Father Casey Cole?

I know a lot of controversy surrounds him.

Any opinions?

Thanks

 

[FaithT]

Hi all,

What are your thoughts on the Franciscan Friar, Father Casey Cole?

I know a lot of controversy surrounds him.

Any opinions?

Thanks

Never heard of him.

 

[RileyG]

Never heard of him.

He’s a young priest (early 30s) that has a YouTube following.

 

[Michie]

Why Fr. Casey Cole is WRONG about the Bible and Homosexuality

In this episode Trent responds to Fr. Casey Cole’s video “What does the Bible ACTUALLY Say about Homosexuality?” Transcript: Father Casey C...

www.catholic.com

 

[Gnarwhal]

Hi all,

What are your thoughts on the Franciscan Friar, Father Casey Cole?

I know a lot of controversy surrounds him.

Any opinions?

Thanks

Personally not a fan. I try to consider that maybe others get something out of his content. I worry about heterodoxy though, it seems like he's traded orthodoxy for relevance and appeal.

I should note though that I have almost no experience with his stuff, I've only seen a couple things here and there but those things did give me pause. I can't even remember what they were now.

 

[FaithT]

He’s a young priest (early 30s) that has a YouTube following.

I looked him up. It sounds to me like he is very liberal.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Might be good for a listen.

 

[Gnarwhal]

I find it peculiar how wildly disparate different groups of Franciscans can be. Like the CFRs (Franciscan Friars of the Renewal) are pretty Orthodox as are the MFVA's (Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word - the order founded by Mother Angelica at EWTN). But then you have Friars like Fr Casey, or this Franciscan parish I took my family to occasionally when we lived in Virginia (St Francis of Assisi in Triangle, VA) were so liberal.

I'm sure other orders deal with this but it seems most common with the Franciscans. Is it cause Francis of Assisi kind of has this (rightly or wrongly) this hippy dippy counter culture reputation and so it attracts "progressive" seminarians? Even if a parish is just named for Saint Francis but doesn't necessarily have a connection to a Franciscan order the parish is almost guaranteed to be liberal/progressive/modernist. I don't see the same with Dominicans, Benedictines, Capuchins, Norbertines, etc.

 

[RileyG]

I looked him up. It sounds to me like he is very liberal.

I never got that impression. Maybe a little? I dunno

 

[RileyG]

Why Fr. Casey Cole is WRONG about the Bible and Homosexuality

In this episode Trent responds to Fr. Casey Cole’s video “What does the Bible ACTUALLY Say about Homosexuality?” Transcript: Father Casey C...

www.catholic.com

Thank you for the link.