This is the title of George Neumayr's article from yesterday's online edition of the American Spectator. I think the article is aptly named, as it details the way in which the Archdiocese of Washington completely bungled the handling of Father Guarnizo's situation. He starts with the oft-repeated quote from St. John Chrysostom: "The road to hell is paved with the skulls of bad bishops." Considering that St. John is a Father of the Church, one must conclude that the problem of lack-luster bishops in the Church is by no means new. However, the damaging effects of poor actions are not thus mitigated.
The America Needs Fatima blog posted a similar piece, noting how the chancery literally gave the gay rights bunch a big victory as they threw a good priest under the bus. Compounding their shame is that they did so when we in Maryland are facing off against this movement to salvage the status of traditional marriage in Maryland.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
A Follow-Up To My Comments On Msgr Pope's Blog
Last weekend I commented about Msgr Pope's blog piece that seemed to indicate that good Catholics should maintain a polite silence about abusive behavior of clerics out of a misguided sense of obedience and/or unity. Yesterday's Vortex actually touched on this a bit albeit without specific reference to Msgr Pope's piece (and most likely he had no intention of referring to the Pope piece)
The Vortex in question is the fourth in a series regarding Catholic manhood. The relevant snippet occurs at the 4:55 mark, so you might want to stop the video there and study closely the words of St John Chrysothom that appear on the screen - the ones that start with "the person who does not become irate when he has cause to be sins.."
Too many good Catholics seem to think that anger itself is a sin. Actually it's a God-given emotion, just like all the others. Now it must be controlled - just like all the others, but it should never be dismissed or held in disdain, for that itself is a sinful abuse. Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
The Vortex in question is the fourth in a series regarding Catholic manhood. The relevant snippet occurs at the 4:55 mark, so you might want to stop the video there and study closely the words of St John Chrysothom that appear on the screen - the ones that start with "the person who does not become irate when he has cause to be sins.."
Too many good Catholics seem to think that anger itself is a sin. Actually it's a God-given emotion, just like all the others. Now it must be controlled - just like all the others, but it should never be dismissed or held in disdain, for that itself is a sinful abuse. Click here if you cannot see embedded video.
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