My mother used to say that about me when I was little.
I used to write letters to everyone, relatives, the pope, politicians, movie stars, and so on. When I wrote to relatives, what I said would get back to my mother and she would freak out and yell at me, "You're pen-happy!" It still cracks me up.
That said, I wonder if Archbishop Vigano is 'pen-happy'?
He wrote another public letter - open letter - to McCarrick calling for him to repent publicly. On the surface it reads very holy, but is it appropriate for a bishop to supercede the Vatican courts and call for a public confession, repentance and penance from McCarrick?
Why is Vigano so public with his information and judgement now, when he knew way back when and was glad-handing and congratulating McCarrick in photo ops and at banquets?
Dear Archbishop McCarrick,
As has been reported as a news by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the accusations against you for crimes against minors and abuses against seminarians are going to be examined and judged very soon with an administrative procedure.
No matter what decision the supreme authority of the Church takes in your case, what really matters and what has saddened those who love you and pray for you is the fact that throughout these months you haven’t given any sign of repentance. I am among those who are praying for your conversion, that you may repent and ask pardon of your victims and the Church.
Time is running out, but you can confess and repent of your sins, crimes and sacrileges, and do so publicly, since they have themselves become public. Your eternal salvation is at stake. - Finish reading here.As the NCRegister article makes clear, Pope Francis suspended Archbishop McCarrick from public ministry last June, pending the completion of a canonical process against him. So why is Vigano now jumping the gun and calling for McCarrick to go public? Something is off. Many Catholics online celebrate Vigano as a saint, praising him for his courage.
Something is off.
Vigano is in no position to ask anyone to repent.
ReplyDeleteWhat about his response to Cardinal Oullet's letter? Where is his response? Should he not lead by example? Maybe then McCarrick will follow suit.
I get the feeling that these guys are media whores. Excuse the vulgarity but I recently read that Sen Lindsey Graham used the term to refer to himself and other media addicted politicians. It seems appropo. When the limelight fades they do something else to get it back. Fifteen minutes of fame has become 15 years of noterioty. God help us and spare us of idiots!
ReplyDeleteEvery one of his letters reeks with sanctimonious manipulation.
ReplyDeleteYou see, Vigano called for McCarrick's public repentance and declared in charity concern for his Eternal SalvationTM! Has the Pope done such a thing? No! Because he's a worldly Pope - that's why! God is raising up for us new saints!
And sins that seriously tarnish the name of someone, which actually require some measure of public amending to restore that person's good name, which would otherwise be irreversibly maligned by falsehood?
Like Vigano's "explosive" calumny against the Pope?
Why, you mean Vigano is projecting his own need to publicly repent and make amends for his malignant falsehoods? Bosh! Onwards and upwards!
Good luck with all of that, Catholic Social Media. LOL.
No wonder Pope Francis remains silent in the face of the storm of their lies. He's obviously had experience with their kind before.
I totally agree with you - Yaya, Wallace, and Paul. Thanks. And yes, this is why the Pope remains silent.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that. Francis knows that you never argue with the devil.
Deleteway off!
ReplyDeleteAm I the only Latin Mass goer that thinks Vigano is wicked...
Maybe.
Deletedxv, you are a rare and special person, God bless you.
DeleteTerry, I would be interested in your opinion of this article:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/suspendedinherjar/2019/01/catholic-media-conflicts/
It's a sorry situation. But no one seemed to call him wicked when he was denounced as a liar after calling out financial corruption among Vatican officials a few years back. Now that he has called out cover up of HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, he is being cast aside as a fool.
ReplyDeleteI find it rather strange that everyone seems to acknowledge and lament the many misdeeds of clergy and the cover up of their abuse. Some bloke steps up and calls out the misdeeds of a cleric and the subsequent cover up of their abuse and the final conclusion is that he's a liar.
I guess it is better for one man to die than for the whole nation to perish.
I wrote a great response approving ofher POV and defending Martin - then I accidently signed out and lost it. I'm not staying up late to respond.
ReplyDeleteI hate Blogger combox limitations.
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