Rupnik is “Credibly Accused” – “Rupnik’s accusers, in short, have been patient for decades. So have other victims everywhere in the world.” As Pope Leo XIV meets Belgian abuse victims, Rupnik accusers wait for justice (Crux)
Unified Pastorally – “Archbishop Coakley sat down with OSV News to discuss his new leadership role in the conference. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.” New USCCB president Coakley talks immigration, Vigano criticism, and lifting up saints (OSV News)
Much Anger Over Mass Migration – “Voters are … especially angry about mass migration, a problem compounded by the fact that elites refuse to affirm and defend their cultural identities, instead waving the banners of diversity and siding with the newly arrived.” Rome and Immigration (First Things)
Pathways of Migration – “Exsul Familia Nazarethana established much of the modern Church’s approach to immigration. In particular, the text clearly emphasizes the right of people to migrate and the obligation to welcome the migrant. ” Opening the Ways of Migration: From Pius XII to the US Bishops’ Special Message (Church Life Journal)
Protection of Divine Providence – “What is the agenda of the political left? The American political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain affirmed that it seeks ‘a thoroughly secularized society, one stripped of any and all public markers and reminders of religion.'” St. Augustine, Jonathan Edwards, and the Meaning of ‘One Nation, Under God’(Providence)
Dying in Slow-Motion – “On a cold night in January at a DC-area hospital, I was diagnosed with cancer. Colorectal. Stage three. No warning, no symptoms. Just a burst of rectal bleeding.” Chemo dreams (Dappled Things)
Monument to Defiance – “The People’s Salvation Cathedral affirms that modernisation can only occur in harmony with a people’s spiritual roots.” Romania’s New Mega-Cathedral Reminds Us That Civilisational Rebirth Is Always Possible (The European Conservative)
Catholic Character – “The university, an institution dedicated to the wisdom attained by gaining a unified vision of all the arts and sciences – ‘a school of knowledge of every kind,’ as Newman described it – is, after all, a Catholic invention. Catholics should preserve it.” The Catholic Character of Our Institutions (The Catholic Thing)
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“Pathways of Migration – ‘Exsul Familia Nazarethana established much of the modern Church’s approach to immigration. In particular, the text clearly emphasizes the right of people to migrate and the obligation to welcome the migrant. ‘ Opening the Ways of Migration: From Pius XII to the US Bishops’ Special Message (Church Life Journal)
Yes, to LEGAL immigration.
A resounding NO to an invasion of any country by people who, in effect, break that country’s laws by surreptitiously entering a country, use the resources paid with the taxes of that country’s citizens and proceed to break further laws against child trafficking, rape of women, driving on roads without an adequate license, transport illegal drugs into that country causing death to young addicts and the outright murder of its people on the streets. Now, what about any of the above don’t our feckless, effeminate bishops understand?
I’d suggest that bishops first solve the problem of their clergy molesting our young men and leave “migration” matters to the laity who are better-suited to deal with such mundane problems. Let the bishops figure out how Catholics might get to heaven.
Amen.
@ Rupnik is “Credibly Accused”
Chris Altieri analyzes the morbidity of the whole affair, the endless wait for justice – leaving the impression whether not intended that the immensity of it all, the long wait, Rupniks embedded all over sacred places, discrepancies in justice has blown into overwhelming proportions. As if further delay will make it go away, which all that accomplishes is despair that our Church has, without exaggeration, succumbed to the forces of evil.
It will take a monumental effort to remove all the Rupniks if Rupnik is at last juridically convicted. He’s already convicted worldwide. Whatever they decide, they must take action. Or will they? The fading Rupnik scandal presents a decisive judgment for the Church. Will it make the painful, strenuous effort to convict and remove? And open the darkness that has gathered to the sunlight. Or will it delay ad infinitum to its growing irrelevance and moral demise.
Rupnik’s victims will get justice on the Greek Kalends. But it isn’t necessary to wait longer to start removing his hideous “art.”
Regarding Rupnik Accusers Wait for Justice:
“On Tuesday of this past week, Pope Leo XIV asked victims of clerical abuse for patience as the wheels of justice turn.”
After waiting years for justice, after Rupnik still functioning publicly as a priest, when other priests are suspended after a single decades old accusation – if I were one of the victims I would be insulted by this statement from the pope.
You’re right Crusader.
“On Tuesday of this past week, Pope Leo XIV asked victims of clerical abuse for patience as the wheels of justice turn.”
Yet he can’t bring himself to condemn the intrinsic evil of stall tactics, nor can he apologize for them. Nor can he apologize for delays in removing his demented “art.”
Sorry, his attention is turned to the immigration policies of the country he left.
Rupnik is credibly accused of sexually assaulting multiple religious women. Why is he still a priest? This case has dragged on for years. Why is he being protected?
Probably due to the blackmail of mutually-assured-
“disclosures.”