LETTER # 4 TO HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS AND BISHOP KEVIN VANN # 1 of 2
IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH- HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONEBLOGSPOT.COM - FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH,; BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, DEC. 1, 2018
PREFACE:
There are two sentences from the article that I will post which are MOST disturbing to me. Firstly, "At the time of this writing, there has has not been one bishop, archbishop or cardinal in either the Holy See or the United States who has come forward on his own to repent publicly of his sins of omissions or commission with regard to Archbishop McCarrick's series of promotions over decades," stated Bishop McKnight. +++ Secondly, "History proves that we bishops are not capable of policing ourselves adequately on the issue of clergy sexual abuse."
OUR BISHOPS WERE ALWAYS HELD ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF RESPECT; ALMOST, AT TIMES, LIKE SAINTS. THERE ARE CHURCH AND CIVIL LAWS. HANDLE PRIEST ABUSE IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THAT DIOCESE, WITHOUT ANY COVER-UP. ALMOST 3 BILLION DOLLARS WAS SPENT IN PAST DECADES IN AMERICA ALONE. MONEY DONATED BY CATHOLIC RESIDENTS AND EARLY IMMIGRANTS YEARS AGO.
HERE ARE THE EXCERPTS FROM: +++ LIFESITE: NEWS - CATHOLIC CHURCH, HOMOSEXUALITY,
Tues. Nov. 20, 2018 - "Bishop urges other bishops to be honest about McCarrick cover-up: "Be men, not cowards" Jefferson City, Missouri:
"Bishop Shawn McKnight was "very disappointed" at the Holy See's intervention last week prohibiting the U.S. bishops from taking action on measures to address sexual abuse.
"My frustration, shared with many other people, is this, "Bishop McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City explained. "We have known about the scandal of Archbishop McCarrick since the end of June, and our Church must take immediate, decisive and substantive action in light of the deep wound the scandal has caused....
HERE ARE EXCERPTS FROM A BLOCKBUSTER ARTICLE IN THE "NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER" NOVEMBER 25 TO DECEMBER 8, 2018 - By Monsignor Charles Pope, "Collective Cowards Must Be Transformed Into Clear Loving Witness"
" In light of the annual fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Nov. 12-14 in Baltimore, we do well to ponder a critical work of bishops (along with priests and deacons) - that of governance.... So the primary meaning of holy orders does not pertain simply to keeping things in good order, but to ranks or distinctions within a larger group. However, key to the ancient Latin term was the idea of governance. Hence while we sometimes use it in its wider sense (e.g., "Order of Catechumens"), the term is usually restricted in the more formal sense to the ordained clergy. The Catechism states:
"Integration into one of these bodies in the Church was accomplished by a rite called ordinatio, a liturgical act which was a consecration, a blessing or a sacrament .... for it confers the gift of the Holy Spirit that permits the exercise of a 'sacred power'.... Therefore, a bishop is one designated to oversee a local area or diocese. Of a bishop, St. Paul writes that he must,
"be able to encourage with sound doctrine and to convict those contradicting it. For there are also many insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision. It is necessary to silence them, as they overthrow whole households, teaching things that they ought not for the sake of base gain" (Titus 1:9-11)
The faith is openly betrayed and denied by renegade bishops - even whole conferences of bishops - the heads of religious orders, Synods sow confusion and division rather than clarity or unity..
Teaching is on holiday, silence in the face of error is rampant, and listening without limit is called "magisterial." .... There are wandering "celebrity priests" who promote the "LBGT" agenda without any reference to repentance or chastity. Policies that deny the Lord's clear words on divorce/remarriage and ignore St. Paul's admonition about Holy Communion are proposed and adopted. Legitimate questions and requests for needed clarifications are met with silences." ... George H. Kubeck
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