In a previous blog I have reported on the marching orders
that Pope Francis gave to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as to how he
expects them to behave in light of his example and direction.
I wondered at the time if they would even bother to listen
to what he had to say and just follow what they have been doing all along which
is waging a war against abortion, contraception and gay marriage; Francis told
them to drop the issue war and get on with serving the faithful and those in
need.
Well we now know that the U.S. bishops basically told
Francis where to stick his new way forward plans; its back to the dark ages and
that is that.
The Wall Street Journal had a nice article on this subject
titled: Changing Church’s New Voice / Head of U.S. Catholic Bishops Takes
Traditional Line on Controversial Issues by Tamara Audi (Nov. 30, 2013).
The new head of the conference is Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of
Louisville, KY and he, as most members of the conference, could give a shit
what the pope or what even Catholics in the U.S. think about issues and how the
church should change to accommodate modern thinking and attitudes; it’s the old
way or the highway!
Kurtz will praise Pope Francis as a “breath of fresh air”
whatever the hell that means but follow the lead of Francis…not so much.
I am puzzled by the election of Francis to the papacy by all
these ultra conservative cardinals. Was Francis a “sleeper” candidate,
conservative on the outside but a flaming liberal on the inside?
There should be a book coming out shortly (I hope) that will
address what really happened at the conclave to elect the new pope because they
obviously elected someone that is trying to change the direction of the church;
is that what they wanted the new pope to do?...the U.S. bishops definitely don’t
want any changes in direction so is there another faction in the college of
cardinals that is leading the revolution???
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