'Catholic Spring' uprising prediction for Ireland over dissenting priest Father Flannery

[Holly3278]

The article seems to put forth the position that it is a bad thing that the Church is silencing and punishing dissent. How stupid. The Church has every right to silence and punish dissent from Her teachings. If you don’t agree with the Catholic Church’s teachings then why are you a Catholic? Its understandable if you have trouble agreeing with the Church’s teachings but you are trying to reconcile your beliefs with that of the Church.

That said, where is the obedience in these people who support Fr. Flannery? They should be supporting the Vatican which is disciplining him.

It seems as though the Church in Ireland has gotten increasingly unorthodox. May Saint Patrick pray for the Church in Ireland that it would make a full and complete return to orthodoxy.

 

[NewEnglandPriest]

One does not have to be excommunicated to no longer be a Catholic.
Actually only those are to be included (annumerandi) as members of the Church who have been baptized and profess the true faith, and who have not been so unfortunate as to separate themselves from the unity of the Body (neque a Corporis compage semet ipsos misere separarunt)… (Pius XII)
I have some trouble with the concept of heresy ( “… the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith” ) but it seems clear both that the teaching that women may not be ordained is one that “must be believed” and that Fr. Flannery doesn’t believe it. Which naturally raises two questions: does this make him a heretic and would a heretic not be considered to have separated himself from the unity of the Body?

Ender

If he’s formally considered a heretic by the Church then he is automatically excommunicated (c. 1364).