tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post22614083205553268..comments2024-03-28T14:19:53.973+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Fr Ray Blake of Brighton ...Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-52743339248268060632011-05-23T08:31:58.712+01:002011-05-23T08:31:58.712+01:00How kind of you, Father.How kind of you, Father.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-5957335380375811022011-05-23T02:25:01.678+01:002011-05-23T02:25:01.678+01:00Unfortunately Father, given the hierarchical natur...Unfortunately Father, given the hierarchical nature of the Church, bishops are pretty much sovereign in their own dioceses. Neither the National Bishops’ Conference nor the archepiscopal Metropolitan has any control or authority over what a bishop does in his own diocese. Only the Holy Father can remove a bishop either directly or through the Congregation for Bishops, <i>nisi fallor</i>. As to GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-87975467091468017272011-05-22T23:09:43.140+01:002011-05-22T23:09:43.140+01:00My memory is poor now. Does anyone remember the r...My memory is poor now. Does anyone remember the ruling from Rome, which affirmed that Bishops' Conference had no authority to interfere in the Ordinary's running of his diocese? I think this was within the last year or two.<br />If the then bishop of Toowoomba did not show any inclination to listen to Rome, how can we suppose he (would have) listened to his fellow bishops, whether they B flathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611595580578224726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-32433544429992732942011-05-22T04:08:52.268+01:002011-05-22T04:08:52.268+01:00I am sad to see a certain young man has set himsel...I am sad to see a certain young man has set himself up as Pope.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-27306640269846578812011-05-22T04:08:17.093+01:002011-05-22T04:08:17.093+01:00I've heard tell that Greek Orthodox laity, com...I've heard tell that Greek Orthodox laity, coming to attend a wedding or somesuch at a Greek Catholic church in Greece, are astounded by the beauty of the liturgy and the friendly, unmercenary nature of the clergy!Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-3904279684099864022011-05-22T01:04:40.087+01:002011-05-22T01:04:40.087+01:00The following extract is from a 2005 'Athens N...The following extract is from a 2005 'Athens News' editorial, discussing the sex scandals that have all but destroyed the reputation of the once revered Greek Orthodox Church:<br /><br /> http://agis10.tripod.com/id15.html<br /><br /> "Priests are only spiritually beholden to the church. Their real employer is the state, which will this year spend 157 million euros on their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-74062335161694628932011-05-22T01:01:50.468+01:002011-05-22T01:01:50.468+01:00It's not like conciliar ecclesiology is a bulw...It's not like conciliar ecclesiology is a bulwark against liturgical vandalism; consider what happened to the French diocesan uses at the hands of Gallican and Jansenist bishops in the 18th century, or indeed the Nikonian liturgical reforms in the Russian Orthodox Church (with dissenters being ruthlessly persecuted). No doubt something similar would have happened to the Sarum use had it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-42591512498173325382011-05-22T00:00:17.357+01:002011-05-22T00:00:17.357+01:00Archbishop Hunthausen was removed when two Catholi...Archbishop Hunthausen was removed when two Catholics put up US$500K one was Dr K. Rodaway of Federal Way which paid for an investigation into the Archbishop"d semi pagan antics. The other is still aliveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-19081677401994406032011-05-21T23:36:43.465+01:002011-05-21T23:36:43.465+01:00If the Pope himself were a wretched liberal and on...If the Pope himself were a wretched liberal and one's local bishop were orthodox, to whom would the Traddie turn then for guidance? Ultramontanism is the hallmark of modern-day Traditionalism, and contempt of the local bishop seems to go hand in hand with that.<br /><br />As for local authority versus Petrine authority, who really cares at the end of the day? Rome seems capable only of Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-64746602290481723672011-05-21T21:30:10.555+01:002011-05-21T21:30:10.555+01:00I am sure that Pope Benedict recalls the case of B...I am sure that Pope Benedict recalls the case of Bishop Hunthausen of Seattle who retired in 1991 at 70 after an Apostolic Visitation when he was the Prefect of the CDF.<br /><br /> I am sure there were Dioceses next to Bishop Gaillot's Parthenia (since 1995) that could have been restored if Bishop Wm. Morris had not agreed to walk off the stage himself, even if it is true they had several Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560006282627072784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26519223103998453022011-05-21T19:43:35.593+01:002011-05-21T19:43:35.593+01:00"Rorate caeli" reports the suppression o..."Rorate caeli" reports the suppression of a Trappist Monastery in Rome: <br /><br />http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-suppresses-abbey-of-santa-croce-in.html<br /><br />Another sign of the exercise of Papal potestas in the place of relying on auctoritas perhaps?Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560006282627072784noreply@blogger.com