Priest In Texas Newspaper: "Homosexual Acts Lead To The Damnation Of Souls" [EWTN]

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Truth_Fully said:
In light of all the insanity that has gone on in NY’s St. Francis Xavier parish, I plan to send Fr.'s article on active homosexuality to Archbishop Dolan.
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Perhaps it would be good to send a letter of support to Fr. Rodriguez as well?
 
Dale_M said:
Perhaps it would be good to send a letter of support to Fr. Rodriguez as well?
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Excellent suggestion. I will do just that. It’s critical that we support the faithful priests out there, as they do not have it easy.

wisdomseeker I’ll be sending Fr. Rodriguez’ letter to Pastor Costantino of SFX. Egan’s getting a copy too.
 
I went to Mass at San Juan Bautista just a few weeks ago. It is across town, but I loved it.
It was the first time I heard the Mass (High Mass) in Latin in a very long time.
The other priest (Father John Stowe) who had been writing his liberal rebuttals is no longer
in El Paso. I heard Father Stowe when I attended a class on the Bishop’s voting guide
to Catholics. Father Stowe was one of two presenters, the first was a priest who was
right on about the Church’s position on abortion. When Father Stowe began the second
part, he refuted everything the first priest had said! He basically said that the only reason
abortion was talked about first was that it started with the letter “a”, that abortion was
on equal footing with “solidarity with the poor”. Let’s just say I prayed a lot for this priest
and I’ll leave it at that.
I pray for Fr. Rodriguez as well, in support of his ministry and for protection. The Church is
tiny and very modest. He does not have any ads in his bulletin. He had been a assistant
pastor at a bigger church (with a very liberal priest) and I understand that he asked to be
assigned to this much smaller church. He is very reverent in his celebration of all Masses.
We are blessed to have him here.
 
I noticed that on another site where Fr. Rodriquez’ article is posted, there are a large number of extremely negative comments aimed at both Fr. and the Church in general. I really admire Fr. Rodriguez for writing the article as I’m sure he knew he would be under attack from the gay community because of it.

I would like to make a suggestion to everyone who supports Fr. Rodriguez: please contact him in some way. The church’s website does not list a direct e-mail address, so if you could send a brief note on a postcard or make a quick call to the Church in support of Fr. how wonderful it would be for him.

It is difficult for anyone these days to boldly speak an unpopular truth in a public forum. I would imagine it is even more difficult for a priest to do so. As TexCatholic4JMJ tells us, this priest hasn’t had it easy in his diocese either. The faithful and outspoken priests out there need our backing!

Here’s the info:

Fr. Michael Rodriguez
San Juan Bautista
5649 Dialey Street
El Paso, TX 79905

(915) 779-1583

Thank you.
 
Truth_Fully said:
I noticed that on another site where Fr. Rodriquez’ article is posted, there are a large number of extremely negative comments aimed at both Fr. and the Church in general. I really admire Fr. Rodriguez for writing the article as I’m sure he knew he would be under attack from the gay community because of it.

I would like to make a suggestion to everyone who supports Fr. Rodriguez: please contact him in some way. The church’s website does not list a direct e-mail address, so if you could send a brief note on a postcard or make a quick call to the Church in support of Fr. how wonderful it would be for him.

It is difficult for anyone these days to boldly speak an unpopular truth in a public forum. I would imagine it is even more difficult for a priest to do so. As TexCatholic4JMJ tells us, this priest hasn’t had it easy in his diocese either. The faithful and outspoken priests out there need our backing!

Here’s the info:

Fr. Michael Rodriguez
San Juan Bautista
5649 Dialey Street
El Paso, TX 79905

(915) 779-1583

Thank you.
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Correcting the spelling of the street the church is on, it’s" D a i l e y."
 
Dale_M said:
Fr. Michael Rodriguez’ recent article is connected to two others he wrote earlier this year. At that time, the city council of El Paso was considering extending benefits to the same-sex partners of employees. You can read them here:
lospequenosdecristo.org/PepperIssues/2010/ePepperJun2010.pdf

His second op-ed was in response to an article written by another priest in the Diocese of El Paso who had objected to Fr. Rodriguez’ first article. You can read the other priest’s op-ed here:
veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/a-debate-out-west/

BTW, Fr. Rodriguez ends his second op-ed with this warning:
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I very much appreciate this post with the accompanying links. There’s something else we can do besides prayer and encouragement for our priests and bishops. I’ve lately gotten into the habit of forwarding various news articles and videos on to the Catholics in my email address book, pointing out the error and scandalous events that seem to be spreading like wildfire. It is a spiritual act of mercy to correct/admonish and instruct those who may be taken in or confused with the current heterodox slant to authentic Church teaching. We can also encourage a daily Rosary or include an inspiring prayer with our e-mail.
Tolerance can be a genuinely harmful force when it becomes a euphemism for moral exhaustion and a rigid or indifferent neutrality in response to every great moral issue.
~ G.K. Chesterton ~
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wisdomseeker said:
do they have a website?
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None that I was able to find. The diocesan website does list the church in its directory of parishes, so the telephone number and street address are publicly listed. However, no website or email address is provided.

According to another person, Fr. Rodriguez doesn’t have a TV or internet connection. And his parish is small, and not wealthy. So a parish website may not register as something important for them.

However, there are third party websites which host audio and video recordings of Fr. Rodriguez speaking on religious topics, either as sermons or less formal.
(see post #35 and post #36 of this thread for those links)
 
You can visit the ABC affiliate KVIA channel 7 in El Paso, Texas and click on News 7 Extra to see Fr. Rodriguez discussing Church teaching with the anchor and a gay activist. The show lasts approximately 25 minutes. Some of the callers were entertaining and very confused. We must pray for our Church.
 
Thanks for posting the link, I fell asleep and missed it last night. Pray for him and the
young man who believes the way he does. He kept saying he didn’t learn this SSA,
but the studies Father mentioned had to do with having a distorted relationship either
with his father or his mother or both.
Now that Father is more visable, I believe he will come under attack even more.
 
I just watched the El Paso TV interview.

It made me think–I live in the San Francisco bay area. I don’t believe an interview of this sort could take place on our TV news. Local homosexual activists here are more, shall I say vocal. (I was going to say strident…) (I have had “discussions” with some of them on local news blogs). And our local media is so pro homosexual “marriage” that it’s just a given that it is only right and those who oppose it are hateful bigots.

Anyway, Father Rodriguez is in my prayers. :crossrc: We need more like him.
 
Good for father. finally someone with courage to speak the Truth. God bless this priest. so much wisdom. where are the others? why can they come and support father? beautifull words of wisdom from father. humility and all.

love you father.
 
Thank you for letting us know about the video, alexm5. God bless Fr. Rodriguez. How refreshing to hear pure Truth from a faithful Priest.
 
estesbob said:
Here’s what the opposing priest had to say:

Rev. Rodriguez dogmatically states many absolutes that are not, in reality, dogmatic absolutes. It was erroneous for him to base his position regarding City Council on the claim that the Catholic Church has taught “infallibly” on the issue of homosexuality. In fact, the Catholic Church has never taught infallibly on this or any other moral issue, although, it does teach binding moral principles on many issues. The Church also teaches about the absolute supremacy of the individual conscience enlightened by the Gospel of Christ. God alone is the sole judge of the human conscience

It is scary that he is still is allowed to hold a position in the diocese a San Antonio.
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Wait, can anybody show me either way that the Church does or does not teach infallibility on moral issues? I know many people may not be happy with what they feel this priests comments might imply to others, but I still want to know whether the Church proclaims infallibility on moral issues or not.
 
PatrickSebast said:
Wait, can anybody show me either way that the Church does or does not teach infallibility on moral issues? .
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Yes, of course it makes that claim. I will quote from the Catechism:

Catechism of the Catholic Church said:
2034 The Roman Pontiff and the bishops are "authentic teachers, that is, teachers endowed with the authority of Christ, who preach the faith to the people entrusted to them, the faith to be believed and put into practice."76 The ordinary and universal Magisterium of the Pope and the bishops in communion with him teach the faithful the truth to believe, the charity to practice, the beatitude to hope for.

2035 The supreme degree of participation in the authority of Christ is ensured by the charism of infallibility. This infallibility extends as far as does the deposit of divine Revelation; it also extends to all those elements of doctrine, including morals, without which the saving truths of the faith cannot be preserved, explained, or observed.77
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vatican.va/archive/catechism/p3s1c3a3.htm

So the question, since the two priests seem to disagree, is whether either one is speaking contrary to the teaching of the Catholic Church.
 
PatrickSebast said:
Wait, can anybody show me either way that the Church does or does not teach infallibility on moral issues? I know many people may not be happy with what they feel this priests comments might imply to others, but I still want to know whether the Church proclaims infallibility on moral issues or not.
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How sad these times are and how many are being misled. That’s why it’s important to dig out the books and study, once again, exactly what it is the Church has always taught. The progressives would have us think that a new age is dawning in the church - one that will temper the Deposit of Faith as taught for 2,000 years. The TRUTH does not change and we are seeing apostasy within the ranks. A sign of the times?

Maybe this will help as well - here, from our own Catholic Answers:

catholic.com/library/Papal_Infallibility.asp
In matters of faith and morals, the bishops speak in the name of Christ, and the faithful are to accept their teaching and adhere to it with a religious assent of souls.
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This religious submission of will and of mind must be shown in a special way to the authentic teaching authority of the Roman Pontiff, even when he is not speaking ex cathedra … his supreme magisterium is acknowledged … the judgments made by him … adhered to … known chiefly from the character of the documents, from his frequent repetition of the same doctrine, from his manner of speaking.
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… the individual bishops do not enjoy the prerogative of infallibility, they can … proclaim Christ’s doctrine of infallibility… when they are dispersed around the world … maintaining the bond of unity among themselves and with Peter’s successor, while teaching authentically on a matter of faith or morals, concur in a single viewpoint as the one which must be held…
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catholicapologetics.org/ap050600.htm
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I saw the televised debate between Fr. Rodriguez and the gay guy. Fr. Rodriguez won hands down. He is only 37 years old and showed an understanding and intelligence beyond his years. We need priests like this who are willing to stand up for the faith and teach TRUTH! Thank you Fr. Rodriguez and I will keep you in my prayers.
 
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