tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post2338446258127734260..comments2024-03-18T20:38:40.751+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Papal PowerFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58623769142531775462009-11-16T17:07:44.546+00:002009-11-16T17:07:44.546+00:00Oh dear, I can't think of anything quitr as go...Oh dear, I can't think of anything quitr as good as the "barmy bishop of bux," but how about the crazy Capo of Killaloe? In any event, for Wee Willie and his Anglican amie, see:<br /><br />http://www.newoxfordreview.org/reviews.jsp?did=0904-tigheWilliam Tighehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634494183165592707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-24477779715181369622009-11-16T17:07:21.508+00:002009-11-16T17:07:21.508+00:00I'm getting sick and tired of some Anglicans, ...I'm getting sick and tired of some Anglicans, particularly some Anglican bishops, complaining about the Holy Father on this.<br /><br />The truth is, they have allowed faithful Anglicans to be pushed to the side-lines, to have their consciences tested to the limit, the clergy to have to make a choice between their family homes and their faithfulness to Christ - and all this in opposition to Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407051721186824991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-42969515818241599012009-11-16T16:46:46.300+00:002009-11-16T16:46:46.300+00:00Oh believe me GOR I am counting the days. They mig...Oh believe me GOR I am counting the days. They might even have some seminarians again in Killaloe!Nebulyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251303196283705580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-58683138531545893582009-11-16T16:43:53.232+00:002009-11-16T16:43:53.232+00:00As an Irishman let me just state that Willie Walsh...As an Irishman let me just state that Willie Walsh is a fool and always has been a fool. If you think the English and Welsh hierarchy are mediocre, the Irish one..., the Irish..., doesn't bear thinking about. *sigh*Conchúrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616869558976756046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-28464730711966344162009-11-16T16:34:25.850+00:002009-11-16T16:34:25.850+00:00It is my sincere hope that there will not be a Vat...It is my sincere hope that there will not be a Vatican III. There should not even be another council for at least two hundred years (bar a Great Reunion council) and even then it should be held anywhere bar the Vatican. Trent II anyone?Conchúrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616869558976756046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-83594935210008088782009-11-16T16:24:41.621+00:002009-11-16T16:24:41.621+00:00I think GOR has put it just right. In all of the w...I think GOR has put it just right. In all of the writings of Ratzinger that I have read, especially those dealing with ecclesiology and ecumenism, he always makes the point that what is important is not what we want, but what the Holy Spirit wants.<br /><br />I have been struck by what I believe is the difference between Ratzinger's statements, and those of (at least RC) "professional Michael McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384055883425252489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-57440110983676684692009-11-16T16:22:50.001+00:002009-11-16T16:22:50.001+00:00Pooh slinging devils may soon up-the-ante. I read...Pooh slinging devils may soon up-the-ante. I read on Rorate Caeli Blog that our Holy Father is to release an exclusive "TAC Constitution."<br /><br />What exciting times we live in.<br /><br />"What we need is a stronger and more interventionist Papacy".<br /><br />These are times of war; a godly Papal dictator is needed now more than ever. With a seeming manufactured "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-11636522496062205462009-11-16T16:21:42.860+00:002009-11-16T16:21:42.860+00:00Nebuly: +Willie reaches retirement age in January....Nebuly: +Willie reaches retirement age in January. We can hope and pray that he is speedily dispatched and a more orthodox Ordinary is appointed...GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26109713750188914992009-11-16T14:05:13.741+00:002009-11-16T14:05:13.741+00:00Bishop Willie Walsh of Killaloe has just pronounce...Bishop Willie Walsh of Killaloe has just pronounced to the Irish media that he wants to see "another Pope John XXIII". Such a pope would open up discussion, particularly the exclusion of women from the priesthood, he added.<br />The bishop expressed sadness about the Catholic Church's attitudes to homosexuality and its policy of refusing the Eucharist to couples who have re-married.Nebulyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251303196283705580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-3547300025013670562009-11-16T13:42:06.666+00:002009-11-16T13:42:06.666+00:00"What we need is a stronger and more interven..."What we need is a stronger and more interventionist Papacy".<br /><br />I quite agree. Let the Anglo-Catholics see what the RC Church is really like!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367545445575135099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-89104423221996228902009-11-16T13:34:45.344+00:002009-11-16T13:34:45.344+00:00I suppose it was to be expected that some people w...I suppose it was to be expected that some people would attribute less than admirable motives to the Holy Father in this – but it is irksome nevertheless. The opening sentences of Anglicanorum Coetibus highlight Pope Benedict’s starting point. Far from ‘poaching in the Anglican pond’, ‘stiffing the Ab. of Canterbury’ or ‘adding to the Catholic clergy’, the Holy Father sees this effort as inspired GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-4384435513211765762009-11-16T12:05:35.761+00:002009-11-16T12:05:35.761+00:00George Pitcher in the Telegraph this morning accus...George Pitcher in the Telegraph this morning accused him of a raid on Anglo-Catholics, and says that Rowan Williams must challenge the Pontiff and stand up to a 'rampant Rome'.<br />and also that<br />'The Pope is on a reactionary and counter-reformational rampage'<br /><br />Ad multos annos Papa!johnfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233791349837340770noreply@blogger.com