Operation Rescue Founder, Randall Terry, asks Vatican to replace US Bishops

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Actually, the title of this thread is rather misleading, Mr. Terry asked that several Washington area bishops be tranferred away from their area. And it is true that bishops who refuse to get involved when pro-abortion legislative leaders in their diocese customarily go to communion means that these bishops are refusing to follow canon law, as well as the explicit directives of Pope Benedict XVI.
There is a joke that part of the ceremony when someone is made a bishop occurs as his backbone is removed. There are some U.S. bishops who follow the Church in this area, which does take real courage.
I expect that if the Vatican responds to Mr. Terry’s evidence of episcopal indifference in this area that they will become careful to appoint bishops in the future who will follow canon law and the instructions of the Pope when it comes to pro-abortion Catholic legislators.
 
mdgspencer said:
Actually, the title of this thread is rather misleading, Mr. Terry asked that several Washington area bishops be tranferred away from their area.
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Sorry about that, I copied it from the original article, even deleting the harsher editorial “cowardly” from the title. 😊

Good post.
 
graceandglory said:
Sorry about that, I copied it from the original article, even deleting the harsher editorial “cowardly” from the title. 😊

Good post.
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Deletiing the word “cowardly” has the unintended side effect of giving the impression that Mr. Terry wants that Vatican to replace all of the U.S. Bishops. At least, that’s what I thought until I clicked on the link. :o
 
Those bishops who knowingly give Holy Communion to those in mortal sin are committing a sacrilege and should be sanctioned. Pelosi is a prime example. She should be refused Holy Communion everywhere she goes, until she publicly repents.

I am embarrassed how some bishops have refused to uphold canon law as well as the catechism.
 
Joe_5859 said:
Deletiing the word “cowardly” has the unintended side effect of giving the impression that Mr. Terry wants that Vatican to replace all of the U.S. Bishops. At least, that’s what I thought until I clicked on the link. :o
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I totally see that now.😊
My apologies to Randal Terry, someone I have always admired.
 
Terry’s comments, as quoted in the article, are inaccurate and uncalled for. The article quotes him as saying “the greatest single reason that child-killing continues in America is the fear or the outright treachery of US bishops.” Why do people like Terry insist that even people that agree with him on the issue are traitors if they disagree with him on methods? This unwillingness to work together with people who are on the same side as you is one of the big reasons that groups like Terry’s have made little headway.
 
TMC said:
Terry’s comments, as quoted in the article, are inaccurate and uncalled for. The article quotes him as saying “the greatest single reason that child-killing continues in America is the fear or the outright treachery of US bishops.” Why do people like Terry insist that even people that agree with him on the issue are traitors if they disagree with him on methods? This unwillingness to work together with people who are on the same side as you is one of the big reasons that groups like Terry’s have made little headway.
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Thank you for the clarification.
 
TMC said:
Terry’s comments, as quoted in the article, are inaccurate and uncalled for. The article quotes him as saying “the greatest single reason that child-killing continues in America is the fear or the outright treachery of US bishops.” Why do people like Terry insist that even people that agree with him on the issue are traitors if they disagree with him on methods? This unwillingness to work together with people who are on the same side as you is one of the big reasons that groups like Terry’s have made little headway.
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There are many bishops, who are supposed to uphold Church teaching, who turn their eyes away from the issue. That is why he called them traitors–it is all well and good to say you are against the killing of babies, but if you don’t do anything about it *despite the fact that that is part of your job!!!, *then there is something really wrong.

Catholics are around 1/4 of the US population. If one quarter of our population was really really serious about doing something about abortion, don’t you think that something would be done? The bishops are our shepherds: they should be leading and guiding us instead of pulling down those bishops who *are *doing what they are supposed to be doing.
 
St_Francis said:
There are many bishops, who are supposed to uphold Church teaching, who turn their eyes away from the issue. That is why he called them traitors–it is all well and good to say you are against the killing of babies, but if you don’t do anything about it *despite the fact that that is part of your job!!!, *then there is something really wrong.

Catholics are around 1/4 of the US population. If one quarter of our population was really really serious about doing something about abortion, don’t you think that something would be done? The bishops are our shepherds: they should be leading and guiding us instead of pulling down those bishops who *are *doing what they are supposed to be doing.
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Amen. 👍
 
St_Francis said:
There are many bishops, who are supposed to uphold Church teaching, who turn their eyes away from the issue. That is why he called them traitors–it is all well and good to say you are against the killing of babies, but if you don’t do anything about it *despite the fact that that is part of your job!!!, *then there is something really wrong.

Catholics are around 1/4 of the US population. If one quarter of our population was really really serious about doing something about abortion, don’t you think that something would be done? The bishops are our shepherds: they should be leading and guiding us instead of pulling down those bishops who *are *doing what they are supposed to be doing.
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Its simply not true that Archbishop Wuerl and the other bishops he complains about aren’t doing anything. They aren’t doing what he wants them to do, so Terry thinks they should be replaced. Groups that spends their energies attacking people on their own side are rarely able to accomplish anything.
 
TMC said:
Its simply not true that Archbishop Wuerl and the other bishops he complains about aren’t doing anything. They aren’t doing what he wants them to do, so Terry thinks they should be replaced. Groups that spends their energies attacking people on their own side are rarely able to accomplish anything.
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What are the bishops doing?

For example, see what Bishop Mccarrick did… What is the problem with refusing a 100% pro-abortion politician the Eucharist? Is the Church not supposed to *protect *the Eucharist and those who receive?

We have people who *proclaim *their Catholicism in order to win elections *and *who espouse every pro-abortion stance they can. Is that not incredibly sick? Is it not cowardly to fuss and wring your hands instead of telling this person who is forwarding the cause of killing unborn babies that they may not receive the Body and Blood or Our Lord until they have publicly repented of their support for this barbaric practice?

Doesn’t the disunity in the Church, the lack of fierce and protective action against those who are so publicly against Church teaching, confuse those both within and outside the Church?

If the bishops were to come up with some other effective course of action, that would be one thing. But instead we have gone through *two *presidential election cycles in which this has been a huge problem, only to see *no *action taken.
 
A question for all:

Doesn’t it seem clear that more-and-more pressure to return to complete orthodoxy of faith is now starting to bear down upon the Bishops of this nation?
 
St_Francis said:
But instead we have gone through *two *presidential election cycles in which this has been a huge problem, only to see *no *action taken.
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You’d be surprised though, at what a witness this is to the non-Catholic world. It was during the election cycle 4+ yrs ago that I returned to the Catholic Church. Much of the nudge was the full-page public newspaper ad that basically said Catholics are not to support a pro abortion candidate.
 
TMC said:
Terry’s comments, as quoted in the article, are inaccurate and uncalled for. The article quotes him as saying “the greatest single reason that child-killing continues in America is the fear or the outright treachery of US bishops.” Why do people like Terry insist that even people that agree with him on the issue are traitors if they disagree with him on methods? This unwillingness to work together with people who are on the same side as you is one of the big reasons that groups like Terry’s have made little headway.
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Which side are you on? This post sounds like one of those, “Don’t overturn Roe vs. Wade”, let’s educate instead.", pleas, but not really on the same side post. Clarify please. Thanks.
 
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