Bishop Schneider Interview

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TMC said:
Well, we are each to follow our own conscience, which I assume is what Bishop Schneider is doing.
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Yes. Following his conscience that he’s formed on the perennial teachings of the Catholic Church.
 
TMC said:
As is the Pope, and as are the others criticized in this thread.
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I’m not trying to be glib, but if we are all following our own conscience, that might explain why the Church is the way it is today. :o
 
Lormar said:
I’m not trying to be glib, but if we are all following our own conscience, that might explain why the Church is the way it is today. :o
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There are many times that I followed my conscience, that twenty years later I found myself crying in the confessional for.
 
OldYoungGuy said:
Yes. Following his conscience that he’s formed on the perennial teachings of the Catholic Church.
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Conscience tells me what is moral and immoral for me to do. I don’t think there is anything “immoral” in the interview.

Prudence is something different. It considers the larger, long term, and potential indirect effects of my actions. But some effects I may not be able to see right away from where I am standing. That is why Prudence takes into account not only the perennial teachings of the Catholic Church - which the bishop does, importantly - but also the other contemporary teachers, such as the bishops and popes.

It’s not always an easy call, as to what is prudent. Some bishops grant interviews to atheists. Perhaps they reason that it is worth the gamble, to get Catholic ideas into a forum where they would otherwise not be; to people who likely not attend to much Christian ideas at all. If the bishop grants an interview to an atheist, nobody will say, “oh, maybe** I **should give more credibility of atheist publications”.

Granting an interview to Rorate Coeli seems to me different, less prudent. This publication serves readers who do, in fact, have access to lots of other Catholic teaching.
Giving an interview to Rorate Coeli, where the interviewer is clearly leading the interview in a certain direction (I am unsure how proficient the bishop is in English) might, in hindsight, not be prudent. It is interpreted as an endorsement of Regina Coeli, which supports causes I am pretty sure the bishop would not support (in another recent article, they are urging readers to help dig up dirt on Pope Francis from many years ago).

Just saying, there are other bishops who support the causes this bishop does, but would not have granted an interview to this publication.
 
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Conscience tells me what is moral and immoral for me to do. I don’t think there is anything “immoral” in the interview.

Prudence is something different. It considers the larger, long term, and potential indirect effects of my actions. But some effects I may not be able to see right away from where I am standing. That is why Prudence takes into account not only the perennial teachings of the Catholic Church - which the bishop does, importantly - but also the other contemporary teachers, such as the bishops and popes.

It’s not always an easy call, as to what is prudent. Some bishops grant interviews to atheists. Perhaps they reason that it is worth the gamble, to get Catholic ideas into a forum where they would otherwise not be; to people who likely not attend to much Christian ideas at all. If the bishop grants an interview to an atheist, nobody will say, “oh, maybe** I **should give more credibility of atheist publications”.

Granting an interview to Rorate Coeli seems to me different, less prudent. This publication serves readers who do, in fact, have access to lots of other Catholic teaching.
Giving an interview to Rorate Coeli, where the interviewer is clearly leading the interview in a certain direction (I am unsure how proficient the bishop is in English) might, in hindsight, not be prudent. It is interpreted as an endorsement of Regina Coeli, which supports causes I am pretty sure the bishop would not support (in another recent article, they are urging readers to help dig up dirt on Pope Francis from many years ago).

Just saying, there are other bishops who support the causes this bishop does, but would not have granted an interview to this publication.
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I don’t think it is imprudent to grant an interview with any Catholic publication. Just because they don’t share the mainstream view of things does not mean that they should be ignored by Church leaders. Maybe at times they are too harsh, but the questions they raise have validity, which the good bishop confirms. When your publication is constantly accused of extremism a word of encouragement means a lot, especially with clergy known for their orthodoxy. I’m sure Bishop Schneider knows the views of the publishers, he’s been appointed by the Vatican to look into traditionalist issues here in the US.
 
Criticize this bishop? Are you kidding me? Have you heard some of the things that some of the German and European bishops are saying, thinking, professing and pushing? :eek: I first learned of Bishop Schneider on EWTN Live. I particularly took interest in what he said about CITH. You can watch it here. I share Bishop Schneider’s concerns.

Peace, Mark
 
Mark121359 said:
I share Bishop Schneider’s concerns.

Peace, Mark
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In these days the Church needs bishops like Bishop Schneider; orthodox, outspoken and bold. And at only 54, he is going to be around for a long time to come - God willing.
 
OldYoungGuy said:
Just because they don’t share the mainstream view of things does not mean that they should be ignored by Church leaders.
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Criticizing Catholic Church leaders is very much the mainstream practice in recent decades. Go to a large bookstore or library, find many books criticizing Catholic Church leaders. How does your local daily newspaper cover news about your own bishop and diocesan leaders? I know what my daily paper is like.

How is your local secular university? At mine, professors and administrators mostly ignore Catholic Church leaders, but when they mention them, it is very critical. Over the last few decades, how have major broadcast and internet news networks portrayed the bishops, or the Vatican? It is slanted to portray lay Catholics as nice people, spirituality as nice, but their bishop and most officials of the Vatican are out of touch, and/or have their own secret agenda (which our reporter will reveal!)

Rorate is more mainstream, than not.
 
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