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For almost forty years, Honduran ambassador Alejandro Valladares was among the closest friends of the man who would become Pope Francis’ “vice pope” and lead his efforts to restructure the Vatican: Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga.
In Sacred Betrayals, Valladares’ widowed spouse reveals the troubling web of financial and moral corruption that she discovered after their family’s life savings disappeared in a bogus investment scheme recommended by Maradiaga, one that led ultimately to the highest reaches of the Vatican, and to Pope Francis himself.
Martha Alegría de Valladares exposes the naked impunity and abuses committed by Maradiaga under the regime of Francis, and cries out for justice, both for herself and for the innumerable other victims of clerical corruption. No concerned Catholic can ignore her testimony.
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“Alegría’s testimony regarding Cardinal Maradiaga’s involvement of their family in a fraudulent financial scheme, as well as his defense and cover-ups of his auxiliary bishop is deeply shocking. More disturbing is her revelation that Francis continues to protect Maradiaga despite all the misdeeds for which Maradiaga has made himself personally responsible.” — From the foreword by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States
“This book is dynamite! The compelling testimony of Martha Alegria Reichmann — a widow betrayed by a powerful cardinal she had once considered a close friend — has the power to break down the wall of silence that protects Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, and expose the corruption that reaches to the very top of the Vatican.” — Philip Lawler, editor of Catholic World News, author of Lost Shepherd: How Pope Francis is Misleading his Flock
“We have here just one case study of the vast corruption in the Church that flourishes under Pope Francis, and of the Pope’s hypocrisy in promoting it. As the author remarks: ‘One gets the impression that the devil is gradually taking over the institutions of the Church.'” — H.J.A. Sire, author of The Dictator Pope
About the Author
Martha Alegría Reichmann de Valladares is the widow of the former ambassador to the Holy See for Honduras and Dean of the Vatican Diplomatic Corps, Alejandro Emilio Valladares Lanza. She has lived in Rome since 1991. In addition to Sacred Betrayals, she has written two books of spiritual poetry and narrative, one of which, Yo te encontré (“I found you”) was published by the Vatican in 2013
PAT SAYS
I know that Francis has enemies in the Vatican – among the “old guard”.
But it does look as if Francis has surrounded himself with a right old clerical mafia.
And he is a Jesuit. And you can never really trust a Jesuit.
And, he has a worrying history with evil types in Argentina.
But its nothing new.
The RC institution has been truly evil for a very long time.
I think the extreme Protestant stance about the pope being the Anti Christ is too simplistic.
But the RC institution, with its history of murder, torture, corruption, politicking, etc does make it a strong candidate for being part of the Kingdom of the Evil One.
Francis & Co are just its current manifestation.

85 replies on “IS POPE FRANCIS TOTALLY CORRUPT?”
Pat, anything that Vigano writes the forward for is immediately suspect. Vigano is as mad as a box of frogs.
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Hahaha.
Well said. Agreed. I like your image. But I like frogs too, so I wouldn’t like to insult them.
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@10.36am Did you mean ‘foreword’?
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Yes foreword. Typo!
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5:34
Only if he’s as unreliable as the boy who cried wolf!
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Shoot the messenger.
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Pat, I think it would be good to see the oratory offer spiritual retreats, post pandemic. Maybe in the form of a weekend retreat. This would offer a participant the chance of spiritual direction in a nice setting, but also contribute to the local economy and generate revenue for the oratory.
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That sounds a wonderful idea to me, @ 12:17 am.
Count me in for that, Bishop Pat!
I really do hope that the shackles of cruelty and oppression are lifted from me and my family and, not in the too-distant future.
Up untill now I have “bitten my tongue”, so to speak; it really is not my wish to continue in “biting my own tongue” for too much longer.
The longer one bites on one’s own tongue — the more stressful it can be, didn’t you know? 😋 👅 x
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Whatever his role in the above, he has never answered for his role in child sex abuse cases in his homeland of Argentina – he is credibly accused of directly covering up or attempting to thwart justice particularly in the case of Fr. Julio César Grassi
Not To Be Trusted.
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We all make mistakes. He has done far more that is positive.
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11.21 are you saying he has a lot of good enough advisers / helpers?
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Oh well that’s alright then. Pol Pot did a lot for the people so we should overlook the occasional lapse where he slaughtered people for wearing spectacles.
Fool.
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11.21
What has the old fraud done that is positive?
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5:36
He must have done something positive if Viganò is riled.
As well as that he accepted the Holy Spirit’s call.
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11:21 am – “We all make mistakes…”?
Let’s approach this from a logical, rational and morally ethical perspective — with the impetus of Christ’s own-words, which are recorded in Holy Scripture…
Actively covering up the abuse of children – and systematically protecting the perpetrators of that abuse – is NOT a MISTAKE.
It is a willful, intrinsically EVIL and disordered ac: It is also a very serious criminal offence and is considered repugnant, and not only by those who believe in God…
Did Christ not say: “Suffer the little children to come unto me”? Yes, He did. Therefore: it is ANTI-CHRIST by its very nature.
… Christ also said: “You will know them by their fruits…”, didn’t He? Yes, He did.
Is the “writing on the wall”? Yes, I believe it is; and I believe it couldn’t be any more clearer. x
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9:19pm. Stop this pious claptrap that the Holy Spirit picks popes. Were Alexander VI and the other bad popes called by the Holy Spirit?
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‘Mistakes’?
And if one such mistake were made in respect of a member of your family, or someone known to you, would it be acceptable?
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The answer is without qualification, ‘No’.
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Yes, he is totally corrupt in every way, just like the Borgias.
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10:05 am
Bella, where have you been since the SSPX abuse was highlighted on the blog?
You disappeared. Any comment on SSPX abuse, abusers and cover up?
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Hardly. Pope Alexander VI Borgia had at least 9 children and many mistresses.
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No – Pope Francis is not totally corrupt. How slanderous an allegation! Certainly a great deal of horrible darkness, hatred and moral impoverishment emanates from Larne…You ugly hypocrite. Ugly.
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Sister Sledge – Frankie – ( EXCLUSIVE OFFICIAL VIDEO )
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Hmm, I wonder… what are those un-opened letters Frankie is carting around with him? 🤔
Frankie looks a little unsettled, does he not x
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Pat: *Quotes someone else and gives a balanced account of why he agrees*
9:13: *Starts hysterical screaming that Pat is ugly*
You couldn’t make it up!
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9:13am
Are you looking in the mirror again
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11.16: 🤣😃🤣😂😁😃😄😅☻☻☻🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡👹👹👹👹…..Mirror, mortor on the wall, who is the ugliest of them all? ANSWER: All the haters on Bishop Pat’s blog. 😁😂😋😃😄👹👺👹👺👹👹….🍌🍌🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍌🍌🍓🍌🍌🍌…dickheads🍌🍌🍌🍌..
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Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Is mise le meas,
Séamus
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Are ye all right Nancy… are ye…Are ye all right…? Whats up with ye Nancy…?
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https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/rosaryschneider
EXCLUSIVE Bishop Schneider Expresses Support For Irish Catholics (Article)
Bishop AS: Ireland Must Stand Firm In The Faith
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Schneider should mind his own business and confine himself to the steppes of central Asia. Plenty of evangelisation required there.
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Why do the trads keep rolling this bishop put. He needs to wind his neck in and restrict his ministry to he own particular church
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@1.42. Go out to the whole world and preach the Good News.
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5.38
Yes. And his corner of the Lord’s vineyard is somewhere in Kazakhstan! When that’s fully evangelized he can retire.
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Pat
Did you meet the DM victims yesterday Pat?
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Yes. But I never said they were direct victims of DM.
They are Dublin victims.
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Did they make accusations against a well known priest? I hope you are supporting them. DM caused so much hurt.
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Yes, plus more.
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9.41: Liar, you as much as insinuated he was involved. You are a dangerous piece of dirt. One day…..You’ll have a mighty fall. I hope your family will stand by you and your confreres – who all seem a weird lot…I hope you realise the immense hurt that your gossip, hearsay and allegation cause some targeted people, to the point of suicidal ideation. That I know. TRUTH is imperative – not mendacious commentary.
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Actually he said it was a Dublin matter which Coddle didn’t deal with.
The insinuation and hatred of truth is in your mind, 12:25.
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No
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Remember all you lapsed Catholics tomorrow we start the month of Mary Our Blessed Lady.
So get your Rosary beads out and offer your prayers to Our Blessed Mother.
Ave Maria.
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Lol why should we?
We’re lapsed. Don’t you understand what that means!
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What does totally or even partially corrupt mean in the context of the papacy?
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The hatred of the Holy father on this blg is no shock.
Pope Francis will not br that upset he is more loved than any other Pope before him
God Bless Our Pope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhd9Cpkv3qc
Jealosy is the root of evil
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10:35 am
Morning Chunky,
Jealousy! Jealous of what, pray tell. By the way, St. Paul tells Timothy- the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. (1 Timothy 6:10). In other words greed, not jealousy.
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10:35am
Ha! Ha! Ha! more loved than any other Pope before him, keep taking the pills, you’ll be all right till the doctor see’s you.
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Whose ever idea (among his staff) it was to entrust a delicate matter to someone known to a wide set as compromised, made a mockery of communion, sadly.
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” But it does look as if Francis has surrounded himself with a right old clerical mafia.”
Who might be included in this right old clerical mafia?
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Just for starters:
— Cardinal Parolin
— Cardinal Maradiaga
— Cardinal Cupich
— Cardinal Tagle
— Ex-Cardinal Becciu
— Ex-Cardinal McCarrick
— and his former housemate Cardinal Farrell (formerly of the Legion of Christ)
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The archdiocese of Santa Fe is being forced to sell over 700 properties to recompense the victims of its clergy.
This has brought out several interesting facts, including revealing the full extent of the archdiocese property – many of these properties are small lots with nothing built on them. In the church’s familiar play book, it tried to hide assets and protect assets by transferring ownership, but this has rightly been overturned by a judge.https://apnews.com/article/lawsuits-business-santa-fe-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-religion-b425668f468c4beebb0ca8c277a37b83
The question is not whether Franky is corrupt but whether anyone who is not corrupt can be found.
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Another case. Has Lockdown led to a spike in historical allegations? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-56928940
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If his address is Cross-in-Hand, he’s probably in the old folks home run by nuns there.
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Does anyone know where Bede Walsh, Joe Quigley or Matthew Jollie are incarcerated or how you can find out which prison their in? A prison visitor was asking me if they are allowed to receive visits – I have no idea where they are or who can visit them or even if they would want a visit – a priest friend said to me that they are like nuclear waste once they are convicted and no one will go near them for fear of being contaminated- I think that’s a bit harsh as even Myra Hindley had prison visitors – Lord Longford if I remember correctly. Mind you I have found that once a priest is jailed no one ever mentions him again – it’s like he’s dead to them – charming, whatever happened to Christian charity.
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They used to go to HMP Wymott. There were enough in there at one time to form a presbyterate the size of Wrexham diocese.
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Yes, some even got up to antics there. A continuation of seminary life https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/anger-child-rapist-priest-lover-3510615
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4.05
The Church turns its back on no one whatever their sin.
The Chapliancy team will be visiting and Holy mass will be available.
As for visits it is up to the prisioner to send out invites or passes to theose he wishes to see.
However the clergy will always treat them with respect.
Your friends can send letters to the prisioner and he should reply.
Any prisioner with faith or no faith we will visit.
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“Pope Francis issues new law to combat corruption in the Vatican”
“IS POPE FRANCIS TOTALLY CORRUPT?”
Now by coincidence a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
Is mise le meas,
Séamus
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4.43pm
Is HMP Wymot like a special gaol for paedophile priests? Can they get treatment there?
Quigley was tried at Warwickshire crown Court
Walsh – Cheadle – Stafford crown Court
Mind you I think Walsh and Quigley lived at Aston Hall, Stone, which actually is for sick or retired clergy.
Jollie – Liverpool Crown Court
I don’t know how it works – do they get to the prison near to where their trial was held or are they shipped off to HMP Wymat – isn’t Gloucester and Stafford HMP a sexual crime prison – I honestly don’t know – my prison visitor friend asked me if I knew – the parish priest in Cheadle had no idea where Walsh is – same for Quigkeys and Jollie’s PP – funny because the PP of Jollies last parish described Jollie as ‘irreplaceable’ in his newsletter – nobody knows nothing about Quigley- he’s like the war, don’t mention it!! Thank God for prison visitors they see the person not the crime – without diminishing the crime.
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Wymott is mainly for nonces, with six of its 11 wings housing perverts.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wymott-prison
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98% of catholic priests who are convicted are incarcerated for noncing – the rest for financial irregularities
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I knew the chaplain there once. He said the nonce priests would cling to their breviaries for dear life, and would be muttering the words of consecration during Mass. Shame they were not so prayerful in ministry.
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It must turn the stomachs of the prison officers having to go in and spend all day with that crew.
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No more than Saint John Paul 11 who took brown envelopes off Fr Maciel and refused to investigate the notorious nonce
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5.24: Of course I will continue to pray to Pope St. John Paul the Great. Thank you. How dare you!! I shall being you, sir, to him in prayer.
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5.24: Of course I will continue to pray to Pope St. John Paul the Great. Thank you. How dare you!! I shall bring you, sir, to him in prayer.
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I reckon, despite the denials, that Pope Jonn Pails obsession with anti-communism blinded him or motivated him to court players who he could rely on to divert funds to Solidarity – Marcial Maciel, Sodano, Dziwiscz, and any sleaze ball willing to show him the money – it’s always about the money, follow the money. Oh and McCarrick and clearly the Hondurian had or have their hands in the money pot!!
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https://www.thepapalfoundation.org/ Was uncle Ted’s way to divert attention away from sleaze. Wealthy US businessmen could get access via a private mass to JP11 the great for a mere $1,000,000.00 Meanwhile as long as those brown envelopes kept,coming no questions asked.
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6.19pm show me the money
Yes it’s always about the money. Jp ii needed the money and also at the same time turn a blind eye towards Marciel sexual proclivities. That is not the mark of great man. I don’t call him jpii the great, just jp ii that’s it.
One thing that I noticed was that money movers or shakers get promoted to cardinals but not all cardinals. Just for example, mc Carrick, Law, Honduran one, culpich, sodano and Dolan. Dziwisz I think is being investigated at the mo in poland, correct me if I’m wrong there.
Not only money but abuses being repeated all over the world such as frankie gaslighter best pal Zachetta. Frankie the gaslighter being surrounded by his dodgy and corrupt cardinals. Is that how frankie chooses it to surround himself with?
Think Ireland could be gone in 20 years time.
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yes and at least one of those, the money comes from within parishes but by parallel channels.
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Anon 7.46pm
Could you expand what you meant by parallel channels?
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9.40, see my 8.20 (lower down), third sentence 😉
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Let’s not forget that Pope Francis’ much lauded comment on homosexuality (“Who am I to judge?”) had for its context a curial official, a monsignor, who had a weakness for rent boys. Francis may not be totally corrupt but he is fairly corrupt.
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7.22: Utter nonsense.
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https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2020/11/who-am-i-to-judge-helps-explain-popes-view/
“Pope Francis’s famous quip ‘Who am I to judge?’ could go a long way toward explaining his initial attitude toward Theodore McCarrick, the defrocked and disgraced American cardinal who was the subject of a two-year Vatican investigation that was released last week. Francis uttered the line on July 29, 2013, four months into his pontificate, when he was asked en route home from his first papal trip about reports of a sexually active gay priest whom he had just promoted.”
Utter nonsense, right?
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I’m very naive, can you help me. I am sat here wondering whether there is any connection between giving favours, and receiving favours. (Even in Atlantic-battered islands?) So then what in fact is the thing that is “consensual” and what is being f****d, and who besides them is being f****d? I dimly recall, many years back, talk of “being inserted”. I’ve no idea whether anything became of that. It was a mystery wrapped in an enigma. I’m so grateful to testify that a less complicated attitude to authority is more “inviting”.
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Cardinal Konrad Krajewski likes a nun.
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So does Vinnie…..
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..7.30….And I like pass and peas and bananas…can’t you see the absurdity of your comment!
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Many a good tune has been played on a banana Ms Brody
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This man + Bonny in Belgium make sense about the whole business of sexuality and the Church. It’s refreshing. I wonder why Francis didn’t have some way of stopping that idiotic CDF announcement. Surely something as significant as that should have to pass over his dests ? Anyhow, The + Bonny approach really heartens me.
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Sorry, here’s the line about + Bonny from the Tablet: https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/14098/young-people-desert-church-after-same-sex-ruling
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Anon 8.18pm
One thing that caught my eye there 👇
‘ In the webinar, hosted by The Tablet, he said that as many as 2,000 people had cancelled their baptismal registrations in the Flemish dioceses in Belgium, a traditionally strongly Catholic country’.
Why can’t we do this here in Ireland re cancelled baptismal registration? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
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The faction that has gradually taken over the Vatican almost completely has got particularly bossy of late. Spare a thought for sincere clergy and bishops of some of the better-run rural suffragan dioceses that get insulted by metropolitans and Rome simultaneously. Another new rule ought to be addressed to us all, only give money to your parish treasurer (with or without conditions), not to pretend religious orders, nor invisible prelatures, nor snazzy newfangled sodalities. Furthermore the tendency is for City State business to spill over from its overt actual government into all the church dicasteries, overloading what faith is. Just one example of this bad trend was making pro-nuncios into nuncios. The world increasingly looks to the Vatican as the model for conduct just when the Vatican gets more out of step. Why was a half baked “catechism” brought in? Different reforms were needed in different countries, and still are. We should get asked our opinions. Verdict: there is a whole bunch of them that “could do better”. Ascension is the heart of both Resurrection and Pentecost, so if we pray this Ascension tide, God will help us (communicants and non-communicants alike) to do our part to make our neighbourhood / diocese church better.
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