An Interview With Bishop Morlino

On Thursday I touched a bit on Bishop Morlino of Madison Wisconsin.  He made the news because of his defense of his traditionalist parish priests against subterfuge by liberal/dissident parishioners.  In that post I linked to an earlier post showing how he took exception to the USCCB support of the public union workers against Governor Walker.

I applaud Bishop Morlino for not being afraid to go "against the wind" (of hot air) emanating from the dark halls of the USCCB.  He has done so again in defending Rep Paul Ryan from specious charges of "going against Church teaching" lobbed at him from the USCCB.  (By the way - here's an interesting article entitled "Are Catholics Required to Support a Continually Expanding Welfare State?")

In this brief episode of an EWTN program, Bishop Morlino is interviewed on the topic of Paul Ryan, as well as the topic of Sebelius's scheduled appearance at Georgetown this coming Friday.  Click here if you cannot see embedded video.

Some Good Bishops Are Standing Up

Bishop Robert Morlino of the Diocese of Madison brought to two of his parishes priests from the Society of Jesus Christ the Priest.  This is an order devoted to the traditional liturgy.  Some parishioners rebelled, threatening the parish school with closure.  Bishop Morlino acted not only in defense of the parish priests but of the traditional Catholic life that they are trying to reintroduce into those parishes.  Read the bishop's letter to the people of St Mary's regarding the school and conditions in their parish in general.  (By the way - when Wisconsin union workers were rioting at the state capitol last year, with the USCCB cheering from the sidelines, it was Bishop Morlino who, with another letter, injected some sobriety into that situation.  Read  my post here.)

The other heroic bishop is Bishop Martin Amos of Davenport Iowa had to deal with the faculty of a Catholic school who were all swooning over a graduating student of theirs who claims to be gay.  They wanted to allow a "gay rights" group to present a scholarship to this student - on school property.  They had already allowed him to bring his "boyfriend" (that is, accomplice in sin) to the prom.

As you watch today's Vortex about these bishops, contrast them with the chancery of the Archdiocese of Washington and its abysmal treatment of the faithful priest Father Marcel Guarnizo.  On February 25, he upheld the sanctity of the Eucharist when he withheld Holy Communion from a practicing lesbian (in doing so, he also attempted to protect her from committing a mortal sin of sacrilege which she wound up committing anyway).  As soon as word traveled throughout the world of her hurt feelings (listen to the 3:07 mark), the chancery shot off an "apology" to her and yanked Father Guarnizo from the parish.  I think it so amazing that word of this spread so quickly (set-up?), but I digress.  As I was reading the accounts of the situation in Madison, I couldn't help ..  Oh, I dare not say it, but I'm sure you can guess!  Anyway, click here if you can't see the embedded video.

Vortex Weighs In On Wisconsin Debacle

"It is most decidedly not the case that whatever a union does is somehow sacrosanct and beyond criticism."  That is a truth that Michael Voris makes clear in order to dispel the delusion which the USCCB seems to hold in regard to labor unions - particularly the gang in Wisconsin.  Listen as he makes clear the problems inherent in public-sector unions.

Voris makes reference to two documents.  Here is Bishop Morlino's statement.  Here is the USCCB statement.  Read both and compare.

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