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Where they Catholics?Sort of like making reports to Protestants huh? I've been taken to court twice. It was a matter of giving to Caesar what was his. I prayed so hard that they would wish to reconcile out of court but they made their choice otherwise and I was the victim. Free will is a powerful thing.
Haven't seen him be his own Pope yet like those who denounce the Church. I have little doubt he really cares for the Church and Gods people. Who knows, with not authority of the Church behind him, it may be humbling.
Well, don't let it cause you delusions of grandure now will ya.That is just way out there is left field. <rolls eyes>
Well, don't let it cause you delusions of grandure now will ya.
One of them was, in name only. Sadly. Yet God allowed it.
Well you can't control what someone else does. . . did you attempt to get the case heard in the ecclesial system?
I don't remember the rest of the post being there past the first sentence, if you edited it while I was responding, then that didn't catch the rest, I made another post asking if they were Catholics this happened with.
I saw that. Yea, I really do need to learn to read my posts and finish my thoughts before hitting tab tab tab enter.
He is a retired bishop emeritus, as per his blog.panner60 said:This is sad for Catholic peoples. I found this from A corpus christi bishop
at his blog abyssum_wordpress_com seems like a good holy man of God
Thereselittleflower said:One does not just "leave" the priesthood. If one turns their back on their VOW, and considers it no longer worthy of their respect or adherence, and turns their back on the Divine Sanctifying Grace that empowered them to act in the persona of Christ, then something is very wrong. Does God use those who refuse to honor such a sacred vow and count such grace unworthy of their continued submission to God's will and power working throgh them to be a voice for truth?
Let me begin with full disclosure: I was a member of the USCCB's senior staff for more than five years (2002-2007), and a consultant to the USCCB before that and since. It is in this capacity that I offer some observations.
1) I readily acknowledge that no human legal process is without flaws, and I'm not suggesting here that the process being followed is flawless or perfect. On the other hand, it has good points as well.
If you essentially volunteer to go into marriage, why aren't you allowed to leave it? This isn't about volunteering a few hours for a community dinner. I think people are just worried that things may turn sour and he will bring a lot of people along for the ride. He brought a lot of people into the church and unfortunately if he were to start preaching against the church it's quit possible he would bring a lot of Catholics out of the church. I personally don't think he has any intentions of turning against the church. i think he's just rightfully upset over teh church's methods of dealing with such matters. I think he fully intends to continue in some sort of mission to save souls so to speak only as a sheepdog guards the flock rather than as a shepard guides the flock. He may be able to do a lot more in his new role than he could achieve as merely a preacher to Catholics. Too early for anyone to say for sure though.if you essentially volunteer to go into the priesthood, why is he not allowed to leave it?
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