Bishop Bruskewitz Shoots Back at National Review Board

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This is yet another attempt by the liberal left to try to democracize the Church.

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It is well known that some of the members of Ewers’ Board are ardent advocates of partial birth abortion, other abortions, human cloning, and other moral errors. It is understandable then how such persons could dislike the Diocese of Lincoln, which upholds the moral teaching of the Catholic Church.
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The words attributed to Ewers seem to confirm the suspicion that the members of her Board are unfamiliar with Catholic teachings, Catholic ecclesiology, and even the basic rudiments of the Catholic Catechism. Rather than concerning themselves with the Diocese of Lincoln about which they appear completely ignorant, Ewers and her colleagues would occupy themselves in a better way by learning something about the Catholic religion and the traditions and doctrines and laws of the Catholic Church.
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Bravo indeed!!!
 
Its not an attempt to democratize the church…the bishops created the review board…it has a little bit more clout than your willing to give it bones.

If Bruskewitz was for the board, you would be too, because there is a right wing element that pretty much follows whatever the Great Fabu does
 
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frommi:
Its not an attempt to democratize the church…the bishops created the review board…it has a little bit more clout than your willing to give it bones.

If Bruskewitz was for the board, you would be too, because there is a right wing element that pretty much follows whatever the Great Fabu does
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Lay people have no real authority in the Church- and they never will. That is how God arranged things. Bishops can allow laypeople to do various things, but a new bishop can come in and take that priviledge away with no notice at all.

Bishop Bruskewitz is in charge of that diocese- not the review board. He probably didn’t want them poking their noses in his business. That doesn’t mean he’s doing anything wrong that he’s trying to hide, but no layperson has a right to look over his shoulder and inspect how he runs things.
 
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frommi:
Its not an attempt to democratize the church…the bishops created the review board…it has a little bit more clout than your willing to give it bones.
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Well, the review board was actually created by the USCCB. The Church is not a corporation and the USCCB is not our regional HQ staff. The Bishops are all individually under the authority of the Pope - not the USCCB. Any “clout” that the board has within a given diocese is limited to the amount that that ordinary choses to give it.
Furthermore, Ewers and her Board have no authority in the Catholic Church and the Diocese of Lincoln does not recognize them as having any significance.
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It would appear that the ordinary of Lincoln does not chose to give the board any authority at this time. 😉
 
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m134e5:
Lay people have no real authority in the Church- and they never will. That is how God arranged things. Bishops can allow laypeople to do various things, but a new bishop can come in and take that priviledge away with no notice at all.

Bishop Bruskewitz is in charge of that diocese- not the review board. He probably didn’t want them poking their noses in his business. That doesn’t mean he’s doing anything wrong that he’s trying to hide, but no layperson has a right to look over his shoulder and inspect how he runs things.
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Even when the Bishop chooses to handle sex abuse in the parish by transferring priests to other parishes and adopting a policy of covering up?
 
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m134e5:
Lay people have no real authority in the Church- and they never will. That is how God arranged things. Bishops can allow laypeople to do various things, but a new bishop can come in and take that priviledge away with no notice at all.

Bishop Bruskewitz is in charge of that diocese- not the review board. He probably didn’t want them poking their noses in his business. That doesn’t mean he’s doing anything wrong that he’s trying to hide, but no layperson has a right to look over his shoulder and inspect how he runs things.
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Its not about ‘rights’, its about transparency…why does any bishop want to be the lone hold out from allowing this audit? Does that actually develop trust in the church?

He has every right to not have them look…but why not let them look and then simply say “I’m not going to listen to your recommendations”/

Does it not make people MORE confident in the church to see that beyond the shadow of a doubt they are doing the things that the bishops all agreed to do?

And lets not talk about the church not being a corporation…I talk about that all the time…and I agree…its not…but its not about that…its just about making sure we can trust in the church.
 
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coyote:
Even when the Bishop chooses to handle sex abuse in the parish by transferring priests to other parishes and adopting a policy of covering up?
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This is only an example of some people who did not act appropriately. It does not by itself confer rights to lay people that did not exist before.

It is like saying that if a certain police department chief is corrupt then the ‘man on the street’ should stop regarding all policemen as authoritative and can take over the “right” to enforce the law just because the cops haven’t done it right. That’s not the answer. The answer is to get rid of the bad cops and bring in new, righteous ones.
 
News? I see no news. When you express an opinion it’s called an editorial.
 
I am optimistic, we are seeing a new church, smaller, it´s possible but more healthy.
 
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Franze:
I am optimistic, we are seeing a new church, smaller, it´s possible but more healthy.
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I wish this man could do a rotation as Bishop in many diocese across this country. I pray one day he’ll be named a Cardinal.
 
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coyote:
Even when the Bishop chooses to handle sex abuse in the parish by transferring priests to other parishes and adopting a policy of covering up?
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Is there any evidence or history of Bishop Bruskewitz transferring deviant priests or covering up sexual abuse?
 
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Elzee:
I wish this man could do a rotation as Bishop in many diocese across this country. I pray one day he’ll be named a Cardinal.
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And someday when we lose Pope Benedict (hopefully not for many many years) the first American Pope!
 
As a member of the diocese of Lincoln, I am in full agreement with the Bishop on this. Also, here are a couple other things some outside the diocese do not know about his tenure.
  1. The number of young priests in the seminary is high and continues to grow in our diocese.
  2. Lincoln is the only diocese in the country left which allows only young men to be altar servers. Women are allowed to serve as cantors and readers, not servers or acolytes.
I was surprised this year that the Bishop did allow a dispensation for corned beef and cabbage to be eaten by those of Irish decent on St. Patrick’s Day. Just a few years ago, he did not allow this.

God Bless! 👍
 
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frommi:
Its not about ‘rights’, its about transparency…why does any bishop want to be the lone hold out from allowing this audit? Does that actually develop trust in the church?
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Let’s talk about Trust.

Who do we trust?

Do we trust God, or do we trust ourselves to “verify”?

Here’s what I see: If we Trust God to run His Church on earth, and if we pray and believe God will run His Church, then we *Know * that if anything goes against what is acceptable to God – He will dish out the “just desserts”; not us.

So, first and foremost, we should Trust God.

Any pushing and pressuring to “change the structure” or “authority” of the Church only asserts our own wills.

Prayer and Fasting are the most powerful and effective means to change behavior within the Church.
 
This is the essence of leadership, with solid Christian morality at the core. The program they are pushing at children is garbage (to be polite) and every religous ed director, principal, pastor, and bishop needs to “just say no”.
 
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frommi:
Its not about ‘rights’, its about transparency…why does any bishop want to be the lone hold out from allowing this audit? Does that actually develop trust in the church?
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He’s not the only one. Bishop Vasa has spoken strongly against these programs. Others are against them but just not as vocal. By the way, why did Christ want to be the lone hold out for His teaching?
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frommi:
He has every right to not have them look…but why not let them look and then simply say “I’m not going to listen to your recommendations”/
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And he would look better then?
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frommi:
Does it not make people MORE confident in the church to see that beyond the shadow of a doubt they are doing the things that the bishops all agreed to do?
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Not in the least. If some in the USCCB are willing to allow abortion promoters to dictate sex-ed policy, some of which is based on Planned Parenthood programs, to small children - then they make me ill-confident. Those that stand against them give me a glimmer of hope.
 
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