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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

6 years

The Catholic Church, because of a worldwide sexual abuse pandemic, is facing its biggest crisis since the Reformation. But many Catholic journalists and propagandists are in Ireland and elsewhere tweeting and reporting on how wonderful everything is. Hello!!!

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Where are the bishops who are defending Pope Francis from confreres (I refuse to use the vacuous phrase "brother bishops") who have abandoned the Roman Pontiff and are working against him?

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@robinrome

6 years

There is NO civil war in the Catholic Church. A tiny group of pseudo-intellectual and social media addicts have upped its relentless attacks against the current Bishop of Rome, who has refused to fight back.

Fr. Matt Fish

@frmattfish

6 years

Beneath the volleys in our "civil war" over the scandals lurk rival ecclesiologies. It is right to suspect that the hope conveyed in this article drives not a few in that debate, a hope that has little semblance to what Christ proclaimed and established.

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@robinrome

7 years

A Catholic seminary that cancels a talk by a priest in good standing who is a consultant to a key Vatican office... is it really Catholic?

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

5 years

Catholics have a choice. They can stand with @Pontifex the Bishop of Rome or those who continue to mount attacks against him. They are mostly a fringe group of US political conservatives that support Trump and some traditionalists of the BXVI camp from other parts of the world.

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

8 months

NO ONE on the papal plane asked @pontifex THE most important question of his pontificate. Why not?

Is Pope Francis protecting Marko Rupnik?

New questions concerning the pope’s role in helping to exonerate the well-known mosaic artist who was expelled from the Jesuits following numerous sex abuse allegations

international.la-croix.com

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@robinrome

4 years

What exactly happened with "Francesco". Very good explainer by @nwinfield

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@robinrome

5 years

@Pontifex Never has a Roman Pontiff been subjected to such abuse by people who claim to be loyal and "orthodox" Catholics. They are hypocrites.

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@robinrome

6 months

Pope's sudden about-face on the Rupnik case. @HolySeePress and @Pontifex can spin this anyway they want. But more likely it was due to intense media pressure and the growing disaffection that Catholics are expressing towards Pope Francis on this matter.

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@robinrome

3 years

Church bells at midnight in Rome.

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

6 years

Pope Francis today sacked Bishop Martin Holley of Memphis, Tenn. who had refused to resign earlier following a diocesan investigation led by Archbishops Wilton Gregory (Atlanta) & Bernard Hebda (St. Paul-Minn).

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@robinrome

3 years

"If I can't bless gay couples, I will not bless palm branches." Fr. Giulio Mignani, parish priest in the Diocese of La Spezia in N. Italy, protests Vatican note on same-sex couples.

iacopo scaramuzzi 🇪🇺

@iscaramuzzi

3 years

Bonassola, la protesta del parroco: “Se non posso benedire le coppie gay non benedico le palme” via @ilsecoloxix

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

4 years

Very disturbing images from the Vatican today. @Pontifex without face mask at indoor gathering with large number of people, many pulling their masks down to talk to him. And pope kissing the hands of recently ordained priests...

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

3 years

August 30, 1986. The very day I arrived in Rome. 35 years later... and, thanks be to God, I'm still here.

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

5 years

The nuncio, Archbishop Pierre, met privately with Pope Francis on Saturday in Rome. This is clearly a decision from the top...

John Gehring

@gehringdc

5 years

The Vatican just made a big mistake in asking US bishops to delay their votes on clergy abuse protocols. The optics are terrible, and it sends a message, intended or not, that Rome doesn't recognize the urgency of the moment. #USCCB18

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@robinrome

6 years

RIP: Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran (1943-2018). A great and gentle man has gone to God. Thank you for your kindness, patience and faithful service to the Church of Rome and all humanity - despite much suffering and sacrifice. We are all the more poorer without you... Pray for us.

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@robinrome

7 years

RIP: Vox Clara. Sources say @pontifex is about to end Roman Curia's control over liturgical text translations.

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

3 years

In a nutshell. Pope to Roman Curia: Crisis is GOOD - leads to positive change. Conflict is BAD - leads to in-fighting and stagnation. So stop your whining & gossiping and let's work together!

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@robinrome

2 years

Pope announces that Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego will be created cardinal.

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@robinrome

6 years

Pope Francis in Christmas address to Curia shows he has clearly lost patience with cardinals and bishops who are rowing against him.

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

3 years

A mini-encyclical. And a very good and challenging one at that.

@RobertEllsberg

3 years

Has there ever been a pope who spoke like this? Pope Francis’s message to the World Meeting of Popular Movements.

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@robinrome

6 years

Hopefully some wise advisors will explain to @Pontifex that he is terribly mistaken if he actually thinks this.

Joshua McElwee

@joshjmcelwee

6 years

Well-connected Italian Vatican reporter @Tornielli writes today that Pope Francis is not planning any more action steps on the clergy sexual abuse crisis, and thinks his letter on the issue was "exhaustive." Ireland, what say you?

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

6 years

I said the same in my latest: "How in the world are those who do not know (Italian) supposed to responsibly critique, offer amendments or vote on something they cannot understand?... This is a "real scandal, in the sense of being a stumbling block".

Edward Pentin

@EdwardPentin

6 years

+Chaput: "Many bishops were frustrated by the lack of advance translations for important issues they were expected to vote on. As one of the synod fathers argued, it’s actually immoral to vote 'yes' on significant issues if you can’t even read and reflect on what the text says."

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

7 years

US Catholic bishops are great at denouncing the abortion lobby. They should denounce the gun lobby, too. And forcefully.

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

@USCCB

7 years

USCCB President says of Sutherland Springs shooting: “This incomprehensibly tragic event joins an ever-growing list of mass shootings, some of which were also at Churches while people were worshipping and at prayer.”

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

6 years

Can we not all agree to IGNORE all those who post on Twitter or in com-boxes that conveniently hide behind pseudonyms or other forms of anonymity? My colleagues and I put our names to every article or comment we write. Trolls go away or take responsibility.

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@robinrome

6 years

Very odd. The vast majority of these "liberals" were named bishops by St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI. How'd that happen? JP2 made Kasper a cardinal and B16 made Marx one...

The Wall Street Journal

@WSJ

6 years

For 35 years, the mostly liberal German bishops’ conference was at odds with the Vatican. Now it is asserting itself under Pope Francis.

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@robinrome

5 years

While some wonder whether a 71-year-old is a good choice to be named Archbishop of Washington, remember this: Angelo Roncalli was just two months younger then Wilton Gregory when he was named Patriarch of Venice in 1953. One is never too old to make great things happen!

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@robinrome

4 years

Roma Eterna.

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@robinrome

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SHAME on the hapless and hopeless US Catholic bishops and their Military chaplain president @usccb @MilArchUSA who, with few exceptions, have disgracefully ignored the death of Tom Gumbleton, one their most gentle, humble, prophetic and Christ-like confreres. SHAME!

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@robinrome

3 years

There is no place for Tridentine Rite in a post-Conciliar Church. Lex orandi, lex credendi...

It's not about Latin

Catholics seem confused over why Pope Francis wants to phase out the pre-Vatican II form of the Mass

international.la-croix.com

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

6 years

Sorry, until the pope actually DOES something - since, in this Church right now, only he can- then they are only words. And playing “my pope, right or wrong”, as you seem to do, is nothing but another form of clericalism.

Austen Ivereigh

@austeni

6 years

The criticism of the Pope’s letter as merely “words” but not “action” fails to grasp that only actions rooted in a change of mindset as result of prayer will being about authentic change. Francis is inviting us to discern and reform, not simply lament and condemn.

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@robinrome

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Christos Anesti

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@robinrome

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@MassimoFaggioli on the cancellation of @JamesMartinSJ lectures. He warns of the rise of Catholic cyber militants.

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@robinrome

7 years

Important speech by @Pontifex today to mark 35th anniv. of Catechism. Death penalty never admissible. Doctrine progresses.

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@robinrome

4 years

"After the veneration, during the Communion Rite, in a moving gesture, the Cardinal noted that, at this point, the liturgy permits him to receive Holy Communion, but that he would unite with everyone watching the live stream in making a Spiritual Communion instead."

ICN

@ICN_UK

4 years

Cardinal makes Spiritual Communion during Good Friday liturgy via @icn_uk

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@robinrome

3 years

"All this talk about heresy and schism... I just think, frankly, is ridiculous," says @ArchbishopMark

Australian archbishop says there's no stopping pope's push for synodality

Archbishop Mark Coleridge says days of the autocratic, monarchical Church "are over"; expresses confidence in German synodal path, saying talk of schism is "ridiculous".

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@robinrome

3 years

Unity of the US bishops conference is now officially broken. Cardinal close to @Pontifex 's vision for the Church's future publicly chastises conference president's message on Biden presidency.

Cardinal Cupich

@CardinalBCupich

3 years

Today, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued an ill-considered statement on the day of President Biden’s inauguration.

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@robinrome

4 years

All who believed were together and had all things in common; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all, as any had need (Acts 2:44-45). "This is not some ideology: it is Christianity." - Pope Francis, II Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy)

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@robinrome

5 years

Paraphrasing what the former Jesuit General (Adolfo Nicolas) once said: We are very good at giving answers to questions no one is asking.

Thomas Reese, S.J.

@ThomasReeseSJ

5 years

Pope Francis: “we lose people because they don't understand what we are saying, because we have forgotten the language of simplicity...” #USCCB19

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@robinrome

4 years

An extraordinary homily.

Aleteia

@AleteiaEN

4 years

Complaints change nothing: Pope’s forceful homily for Sts. Peter and Paul (full text)

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@robinrome

3 years

Pope Francis has been a gift to the Church and the world. Ad multos annos, papa! @Pontifex @LaCroix

Our very human and evangelical pope

Pope Francis reaches the 8-year mark of an extraordinary pontificate

international.la-croix.com

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

7 years

Cardinal Marx says Church should be ashamed for not opposing criminalization of homosexuality in Germany.

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

6 years

RIP: Daniel Mark Buechlein OSB, Archbishop-emeritus of Indianapolis (1992-2011) and monk of St Meinrad Archabbey. He was 79 and died during the night. He had been in ill health and suffering from Parkinson's disease.

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@robinrome

3 years

A happy 100th birthday to Ladislas Orsy! Boldog születésnapot, Laci bácsi

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@robinrome

3 years

Now we know what the doctors did NOT remove from @pontifex during that surgery.

Robert Mickens

@robinrome

3 years

Summorum Pontificum, "exploited to widen gaps", has been ABROGATED by @Pontifex

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@robinrome

2 years

The liturgical reform was already completed. Unfortunately, and whether intended or not, Benedict XVI opened the door to those who contested it and many of the other reforms of the Second Vatican Council.

Philip Lawler

@PhilLawler

2 years

Pope Benedict opened the door to peaceful, organic liturgical reform. Pope Francis has slammed it shut— in the name of promoting Church unity!

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

4 years

I have decided that anyone who comments on my posts or follows me anonymously will be blocked. I sign my name to EVERYTHING I write or publish and everything I tweet. That holds me accountable. I expect that from everyone else.

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

6 years

As I've argued for several years the Roman Church is imploding. In the last several weeks and months bigger chunks of its anachronistic structure have begun to crumble. The implosion continues, is accelerating and is unstoppable.

Letter from Rome

The last absolute monarchy in the West is crumbling, and maybe that's a good thing

www.commonwealmagazine.org

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

5 years

Because they got caught.

Thomas Reese, S.J.

@ThomasReeseSJ

5 years

Vatican cardinal, other priests to return cash gifts from ousted West Virginia bishop Michael Bransfield

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@robinrome

2 years

Pope announces consistory for the creation of a LOT of new cardinal electors.

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@robinrome

2 years

The Pillar does a hit job on Cardinal-designate McElroy with lots of innuendo and some seriously bizarre and un-attributed reactions from his "brother bishops". @Pontifex @antoniospadaro @CardinalBCupich @CardinalJWTobin @austeni @GibsonWrites @gerryorome @cwwhiteNCR @ctrlamb

The Pillar

@PillarCatholic

2 years

A papal advisor said Sunday that the appointment of Bishop Robert McElroy as a cardinal is a "clear message" for the Church in the US? But what's the content of that message? Analysis from @jdflynn

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

3 years

"Some wanted me dead," said the pope, who then complained about those who "badmouth" him. Whether it was an admission that he's been weakened or a warning that he's lost his patience, Francis is forging ahead with efforts to radically reform the Church.

The final phase of a disruptive pontificate

Pope Francis moves into high gear in a race against time and internal opposition

international.la-croix.com

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@robinrome

6 years

I cannot imagine why anyone who calls her/himself a Christian would be angry about the abolishment of capital punishment. What is that thing you wear around your neck?

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@robinrome

3 years

40th anniversary of the Martyred Churchwomen of El Salvador. All you holy women, pray for us!

The Romero Trust

@RomeroTrust

3 years

On this day in 1980, four US #missionaries were raped and murdered in #ElSalvador for standing against injustice. Today we give thanks for the lives and inspiration of Maura Clarke, Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel, and Jean Donovan. Read more:

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@robinrome

3 years

False. The word "heresy" is nowhere to be found in the CDF declaration of 1979 that Hans Küng "can no longer be considered a Catholic theologian nor function as such in a teaching role".

JD Flynn

@jdflynn

3 years

Fr. Hans Küng lost his license to teach in 1979, after his theological work was found to contain frequent and persistent heresy, including the denial of papal infallibility and opposition to Humane vitae.

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Pope Francis preaches very long homily at today's Chrism Mass, reading the entire 4-page, single-spaced text spanning more than 2,200 words (image, Vatican Media).

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

6 years

Pope Francis has smoked out the vindictive hypocrites who are staunchly opposed to abortion, but are in favor of capital punishment. Their reasoning is vindictiveness ("people who make grave mistakes must pay") without any consideration of mercy.

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@robinrome

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This is very disturbing. "Pope Francis displays a mosaic of the Virgin Mary by the Jesuit Marko Rupnik to Catholics of Aparecida. Was this mistake or a provocation?"

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@robinrome

7 months

A Dominican friar sets the tone for a Jesuit pope's Synod

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@robinrome

5 years

Archbishop Wilton Gregory invokes the intercession of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots!

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@robinrome

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RIP: Tom Gumbleton, the longest serving bishop in the US at the time of his death on Apr 4 (would’ve been 56 yrs May 1). Here we are, two hockey players - he left wing, me left defense - at a Tigers game a few years ago.

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@robinrome

5 years

As alt-right populists masquerade as Christians and use religious symbols to scare believers into embracing racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia and ultra-nationalism, Francis has been pivotal in helping prevent a dangerous, full-blown clash of civilizations.

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

3 years

"As a national body, the US bishops are leaderless and their views are inconsequential to the lives of the vast majority of Americans - including members of their own Church." @USCCB @CatholicNewsSvc @CardinalBCupich @ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @cnalive

The United States is in desperate need of healing, but don't look to the bishops

The Catholic bishops' conference has once again shown how irrelevant it’s become to the nation

international.la-croix.com

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

5 years

Ladies and Gentlemen, the anti-pope.

Edward Pentin

@EdwardPentin

5 years

"In the face of growing confusion about the doctrine of the Faith," Cardinal Müller begins, "many bishops, priests, religious and lay people of the Catholic Church have requested that I make a public testimony about the truth of revelation" @NCRegister

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@robinrome

3 years

Roma. Ecclesia mater et caput.

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"Right now, the homeless continue to be homeless. A photo appeared the other day of a parking lot in Las Vegas where they had been put in quarantine. And the hotels were empty. But the homeless cannot go to a hotel. That is the throwaway culture in practice." - Pope Francis

Commonweal Magazine

@commonwealmag

4 years

BREAKING: @austeni in an exclusive interview with @Pontifex , where #PopeFrancis shares his wide-ranging thoughts on the crisis of #COVID19 and the church that must come out of it.

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4 years

Ioannes XXIII, ora pro nobis.

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5 years

Sorry, cardinal. Being theological censor is not your job anymore. in fact, that ended on March 13, 2013.

Catholic Herald

@CatholicHerald

5 years

Full text of Cardinal Müller's analysis on the working document of the Amazon synod

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@robinrome

3 years

Today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Pedro Arrupe. Ora pro nobis!

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@robinrome

3 years

Insanity! The priest "was joined by a group of seminarians who went through the church's theology library & removed books deemed heretical, incl. by Henri Nouwen & Thomas Merton" Close seminaries & stop all ordinations now, especially in the US, until this type of shit stops!

NCR

@NCRonline

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New from @peterfeuerherd : At St. Elizabeth of the Hill Country Parish in Boone, North Carolina, Fr. Brendan Buckler is among a number of "restorationist" pastors in the Charlotte Diocese. Some parishioners do not feel welcomed by his liturgical tradition.

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"Francis has appeared at different times in the past several weeks as someone who doesn't seem the least bit concerned that he may be torpedoing whatever is left of his pontificate."

Has the pope lost the plot?

Pope Francis is stepping on his own message by refusing to explain recent, controversial actions

international.la-croix.com

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5 years

"The Church, both in East and West has always regarded Saint Mary Magdalene the first witness of the Lord’s resurrection and the first evangelist." Thanks to @Pontifex , since 2016 we celebrate her on July 22, like all the apostles, with a proper FEAST.

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5 years

Today is the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene. And while it was she - a woman - who was the first person to announce the resurrection, at the Vatican it's the men who still control the message.

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@robinrome

5 years

Happy 98th birthday to Ladislas Orsy SJ, a friend and mentor.

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@robinrome

2 years

Pope Francis names Bishop John Dolan, auxiliary in San Diego to Cardinal-designate Robert McElroy, as the next Ordinary of Phoenix (AZ). The 60-yr-old SD native replace Bishop Thomas Olmsted, 75.

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3 years

All quiet on the Western front... St Peter’s Square @ 17,40 on Jan 2, 2021.

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@robinrome

6 months

Defamation? What'd you say about Benedict XVI when he removed Bp Bill Morris of Toowoomba (Australia) in 2011 after Ap Chas Chaput did a hit-job visitation? Were you around back then? @cwwhiteNCR @ctrlamb @EdwardPentin @Where_Peter_is @debien_noel @NCRegister @PeterDFleetwood

Raymond Arroyo

@RaymondArroyo

6 months

Now the defamation of @BishStrickland begins… “It is understood…” By whom? Where is the evidence that he mismanaged the diocese? Give us a break @christopherlamb . Report facts, not tendentious Roman gossip and slander.

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The first layperson ever is named head of a major Vatican office. Pope Francis today appointed Paolo Ruffini, head of the Italian bishops's TV network, as prefect of the Dicastery for Communications.

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@robinrome

4 years

Today the Church remembers St. Hilary of Poitier, 4th century Doctor of the Church. Hilary had a wife and had a daughter (Apra) who were still alive when he was named Bishop of Poitier around the year 350.

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@robinrome

2 years

This is simply bullshit.

Edward Pentin

@EdwardPentin

2 years

"The new rite of the Mass presents much less clearly the truths of the faith and lacks in a substantial way the pedagogical helps constantly presented to us through the Old Rite. This difference is critical because souls desperately need today to be strengthened in their faith"

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Sarah and Ratzinger are wrong -- theologically and historically. There have always been married priests, from the very origins of the Christian community. And these two bishops are also dishonest. No one is suggesting priestly celibacy be abolished.

Tina Beattie

@TinaBeattie

4 years

@The_Tablet @ctrlamb The film "The Two Popes" was terrific but it was far too flattering a portrayal of this meddling old man.

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Pope Francis dropping a bomb on the Roman Curia -- outlining drastic reforms in Christmas message to cardinals and officials.

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@robinrome

4 years

Poor, unmarried Ed (how old is he now?) is OBSESSED with anything and everything GAY. Strange...

Edward Pentin

@EdwardPentin

4 years

Archbishop Vigano Condemns Vienna Cathedral Pro-LGBT Concert as 'Blasphemous'

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@Pontifex now formally meeting with Cdl O'Malley and 17 other members of Pont Commission for Protection of Minors. First time ever!

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“Millions of people would strongly disagree & say it’s thanks to Francis that the Church's evangelical witness has actually been strengthened & that Christians are becoming more confident than ever in the Gospel of Jesus”

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@robinrome

5 years

The Jesuit pope is an equal opportunity offender. No matter who you are, if you are not disturbed by some of what he says, you're not paying attention.

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@robinrome

3 years

Buongiorno Roma!

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@robinrome

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Evening in Rome. First day of Spring. Fifth Sunday of Lent.

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@robinrome

5 years

Yes, please come out of the closet.

Edward Pentin

@EdwardPentin

5 years

Cardinals Burke and Brandmüller: 'End the Conspiracy of Silence' @NCRegister

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@robinrome

3 years

“In this story the worst evils of the Catholic Church seem to have got together: clericalism, machismo, paternalism, abuse of power, sexual abuse, minors’ abuse, corruption, lies, perjury, careerism, ambition, hypocrisy, silence, irresponsibility...”

The McCarrick case and some disturbing conclusions- UCA News

What is evangelical about a church that, in the eyes of many, is nothing but a club only for men who cover for each other?

www.ucanews.com

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

4 years

Lucky for this bitter old man that @pontifex is patient and merciful. And lucky for the hacks that give him oxygen that the Holy See Press Office is, too.

Edward Pentin

@EdwardPentin

4 years

+Viganò: “For more than six years now we have been poisoned by a false magisterium, a sort of extreme synthesis of all the conciliar misconceptions and post-conciliar errors that have been relentlessly propagated, without most of us noticing it”

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

3 years

This is obscene. What sort of "ministry" does an 80-year-old, retired bishop do that requires $2 million annually? And the US bishops wonder why they have ZERO credibility...

The Pillar

@PillarCatholic

3 years

The Archdiocese of Washington allocated more than $2 million for the “ministry activities” of retired Cardinal Donald Wuerl in 2020. The archdiocese has not responded to questions about the funds.

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

6 years

The moralizing, former nuncio who actually participated for years in the "conspiracy of silence" he now condemns in hopes of getting... a red hat.

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

5 years

"Mockery of Christians is both real and wrong. But a far bigger threat comes, I think, from religious blowhards who have entangled faith with bigotry, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia... Christianity is associated less with love than with hate."

Opinion | We’re Less and Less a Christian Nation, and I Blame Some Blowhards (Published 2019)

Some intolerant conservative evangelicals have tainted the faith.

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

2 years

The Vatican's "Godfather" -- Cardinal Angelo Sodano -- has died. The powerful former Secretary of State was 94 years old.

Francesco Antonio Grana

@FrancescoGrana

2 years

È morto a 94 anni il cardinale Angelo Sodano, segretario di Stato emerito e decano emerito del Collegio cardinalizio

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

4 years

"It's understandable that Francis wants to have contact with the 'pilgrims' that come to see him, but this borders on recklessness."

The pope’s irresponsible behavior and those who defend it

Pope Francis has ignored a new Vatican decree on the mandatory use of facemasks

international.la-croix.com

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

25 days

Absolutely beautiful. And one week after his death, the @USCCB has uttered not one word, published not a single acknowledgment of their most senior member's death.

Kevin Clarke🍺

@ClarkeAtAmerica

25 days

The late Bishop Gumbleton’s reflection on his 94 years of life and ministry

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

5 years

A priest turns a grieving family's funeral of 18 yr. old son into a platform to condemn suicide and question whether the boy will go to heaven. They want the Archdiocese of Detroit to remove the priest.

Hullibarger family speaks out against priest after homily

It was supposed to be a service to reflect upon their son's life. Instead, a local family says a priest used their pain as a platform to condemn those who die of suicide.

www.13abc.com

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Robert Mickens

@robinrome

3 years

The pope’s cathedral.

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