tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post2030638551944536092..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Apostolic Visitations in IrelandFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-61484053579618459822010-03-24T13:37:23.652+00:002010-03-24T13:37:23.652+00:00Dr Nicholas - Of course I believe that bishops who...Dr Nicholas - Of course I believe that bishops who have been negligent in protecting their flocks should be identified and disciplined. But I don't trust the present Pope, or the RC Church as a whole as it now is, to do it. I believe that the whole ethos of the RC Church militates against this happening - the bottom line will always be the protection or salvaging of the prestige and power of Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367545445575135099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-71240094700381473092010-03-22T16:49:19.916+00:002010-03-22T16:49:19.916+00:00The flip side of authority is always duty (that...The flip side of authority is always duty (that's an ideal long understood in the Western world, but largely abandoned in modern times). All the successors of the Apostles need to bear that in mind, and we should thank God that Pope Benedict is taking seriously his role as Chief Shepherd of the flock -- seeking out the strays, dragging recalcitrant sheep back onto the strait path, fending offDr Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00886869949118677555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-368052933875544502010-03-22T13:41:19.341+00:002010-03-22T13:41:19.341+00:00No, this will not do. It is because the RC Church ...No, this will not do. It is because the RC Church has become the sort of church that it is - authoritarian, trading constantly on its view of itself as the only true church, insatiably hungry for power and prestige - that the cover-ups became not merely possible but almost inevitable. Until this changes, the Irish RC church will not be healed.<br /><br />And to any who would try to tell me that Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367545445575135099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-43735263004195225152010-03-22T11:09:34.795+00:002010-03-22T11:09:34.795+00:00What GOR said.What GOR said.Michael McDonoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17384055883425252489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-85814044530165844922010-03-22T01:27:12.108+00:002010-03-22T01:27:12.108+00:00The Holy Father has long been critical of Episcopa...The Holy Father has long been critical of Episcopal Conferences. Many years ago he noted how the Episcopal Conference in Hitler’s Germany was wishy-washy and ineffective about publicly opposing the Nazi regime and that it took the lonely voice of one bishop - Bishop Von Galen - to stand up for truth and the Faith.<br /><br />Bishops’ Conferences have become bloated bureaucracies, replete with GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-37736439128142878582010-03-21T17:55:10.184+00:002010-03-21T17:55:10.184+00:00I echo zadra dario Father.
Of course Bishops shou...I echo zadra dario Father.<br /><br />Of course Bishops should be carrying out their own surveillance of institutions. No institution is perfect and power corrupts. Unannounced inspections at irregular (but not infrequent) intervals is one way to guard against abuses creeping in.johnfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16233791349837340770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26791436221138483542010-03-21T12:23:54.169+00:002010-03-21T12:23:54.169+00:00bravo and thank you for being one of the voices of...bravo and thank you for being one of the voices of sanity.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170257360419984201noreply@blogger.com