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PopeWatch: Vatican Shutdown

From the only reliable source of Catholic news on the net, Eye of the Tiber:

 

Hundreds of thousands of priests from around the world have either been sent back to the rectory or have been told to not show up to say Masses today as clerical furloughs took affect midnight due to the Vatican shutdown.

Cardinal Robert Sarah delivered an ominous warning to cardinals gathered at the Vatican this morning, saying that “The shutdown is going to get a lot worse tomorrow if the Pope doesn’t act immediately.”

Essential spiritual services such as Confessions, Anointing of the Sick, and Masses will continue, although no public Masses will be allowed.

Still, liberal Catholic cardinals are insisting the shutdown is “not nearly as bad” as the last time this happened under Pope Benedict XVI, but many still see this as a blemish on Francis’ legacy.

It was Francis, after all, who during the 2013 papal conclave famously criticized Pope Benedict, saying, “A clerical shutdown falls on the Pope’s lack of leadership. He can’t even control his Church and get people together in a room. A shutdown means the Pope is weak.”

“Problems start from the top, and they have to get solved from the top, and the Pope’s the leader, and he’s got to get everybody in a room, and he’s got to lead,” then-Cardinal Bergoglio said in a radio interview in 2013. “And he doesn’t do that, he doesn’t like doing that, that’s not his strength. And that’s why you have this horrible situation going on in Rome. It’s a very, very bad thing and it’s very embarrassing worldwide.”

When asked what he would do if he were pope, Francis said “Well, very simply, you have to get everybody in a basilica. You have to be a leader. The pope has to lead. He’s got to get whoever’s head of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and everybody else in a basilica, and they have to make a deal. You have to be nice, and be angry, and be wild, and cajole, and do all sorts of holy things. But you have to get a deal.”

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Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Saturday, January 27, AD 2018 5:05am

In Germany….a shut down until common sense returns would be okay.

This does not ( Bode ) well;
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2018/church-blessings-gay-marriages

DJH
DJH
Saturday, January 27, AD 2018 8:10am

I converted to the Faith back in 1996. Each one of us in my RCIA class had to come up with some little statement, speech, or somesuch, to address to our supportive congregation. I don’t remember what I said, but it wasn’t what I wanted to say- something along the lines of “Please, always remain Catholic” (not in membership, but in faith and morals- no contraception, abortion, go to Confession, respect the Eucharist, that kind of thing.)
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I saw the writing on the wall even then, but honestly could not envision just how corrupted things have become.
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Some weeks ago, I told my husband I was no longer sure the Catholic Church in the West was in fact, The Church. That the Church Christ founded was no where to be seen (well, maybe in Denton, NE), and we’d have to move to Africa to find Her.

Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Saturday, January 27, AD 2018 8:44am

DJH.
There are pockets of purity and orthodox Catholic communities in the home of the brave. It might be a long drive for you and your family but worth it once you locate that oasis. Keep searching.

Michael Dowd
Michael Dowd
Sunday, January 28, AD 2018 4:13am

Church shut down is a great idea. To send a message to Pope Francis about his heresies and deplorable behavior every Catholic in the United States should all stay home from Sunday Mass. I think our Lord would approve. Unfortunately, this wouldn’t work as the Liberals would go along with it. But we do need some kind of vehicle to protest PF aside from p—ed-off bloggers.

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