How Long, O Lord

[aaron_brown99]

The cynical and angry side of me comes out when I read things like this:

Heresy from the pulpit

How long will the faithful have to wait for the Heirarchy to DO SOMETHING about this kind of heretic? Why is this man not IMMEDIATELY suspended and laicized for putting the souls of his parishoners at risk? Where is the accusation of formal heresy, if not outright schism for publicly abandoning his loyalty to his Bishop?

Is THIS the “glorious springtime” the eternal (and seemingly blind) optimists in the Church refer to?

Of course if we wanted the Bishop to suspend him immediately, we could always spread the rumor that he was trying to celebrate the TLM at his parish…

 

[KennySe]

Two paragraphs from page 3 of the article. I’ve bolded two bits.

"He has said that Catholicism, with its dwindling number of parishioners and priests, must look to its Episcopal brethren for its future. ‘We have to deal honestly with the issue of married priests, with women being ordained and with gays in our society, our church and the priesthood,’ he said. ‘What’s the archdiocese going to do? Keep closing churches? Obviously, a male celibate priesthood isn’t attracting people. We either die, or we look at new visions of priesthood.’

"Another issue that has prickled the chancery has been Coyne’s comments on confession. He’s noted the lack of people confessing and has preached that the fear of God has taken a back seat to “God’s unconditional love” in people’s lives today. “I’m not telling people not to come to confession,” he said. “They’re just not coming. They’re not worried about going to hell.” Does he believe in hell? “No.” But he does believe in heaven and eternal life. “We used to think having all the answers was the right thing. My role as priest is not to give all the answers, but to help people figure out the right questions.”

 

[JohnCarroll]

KennySe:

Two paragraphs from page 3 of the article. I’ve bolded two bits.

"He has said that Catholicism, with its dwindling number of parishioners and priests, must look to its Episcopal brethren for its future. ‘We have to deal honestly with the issue of married priests, with women being ordained and with gays in our society, our church and the priesthood,’ he said. ‘What’s the archdiocese going to do? Keep closing churches? Obviously, a male celibate priesthood isn’t attracting people. We either die, or we look at new visions of priesthood.’

"Another issue that has prickled the chancery has been Coyne’s comments on confession. He’s noted the lack of people confessing and has preached that the fear of God has taken a back seat to “God’s unconditional love” in people’s lives today. “I’m not telling people not to come to confession,” he said. “They’re just not coming. They’re not worried about going to hell.” Does he believe in hell? “No.” But he does believe in heaven and eternal life. “We used to think having all the answers was the right thing. My role as priest is not to give all the answers, but to help people figure out the right questions.”

He probablly would feel more at home in some liberal Episcopal church–he would have lots of company in the North East.

John

 

[Catholic_Eagle]

aaron_brown99:
Of course if we wanted the Bishop to suspend him immediately, we could always spread the rumor that he was trying to celebrate the TLM at his parish…

Yes that always works. Some how the TLM is more harmful to the Faith than a priest who preaches female and gay “priests”. Figures…
Yet Frs.Zigrang and Somerville are now both suspended for saying the TLM and being good priests.