Thanks for the info Brother Tom, but I went to a Franciscan University in Pennsylvania and from who I met there this doesn't surprise me. Even the Franciscan University of Steubenville has a professor who promotes a the Neocatechumenal way. A way that, in my opinion, takes the Mass and reduces it to just being a supper. The Franciscan are also very very invovled in promoting Medjugorje and the more I hear about some to the things happening there and many other things I have experienced, I feel … [More]

I agreeeeeeee! with Bro Tom the articles deals with some franciscan but it does not mean all becoz the franciscan order is a big family each has its own particular charism and each is trying to be faithful to the magisterium of the Pope

Thank you BrTomFordeOFMCap for the correction and the information.

The picture above shows Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv) but the statement is from the American provinces of the Friars Minor (OFM or 'Leonine Union') and only the American provinces - they don't speak for the entire order and certainly not for the Conventuals, Capuchins, Third Order Regular, or any other Franciscan communities. It may very well only come from the provincial leadership teams and not from all the friars. There are bound to be friars who object to this statement. The picture … [More]

The Franciscan friars are believed to be the first Catholic religious order to voice support for the Leadership Conference of Women Religious since the Vatican announced a full-scale makeover of the group in April.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/franciscan-friars-leadership-conference-of-women-religious_n_1579469.html

It doesn't matter if it were 7 out of seven orders of Franciscans or if it were 7 out of 30, it is still a public scandal and further indication of the lack of … [More]

You are making a distinction that makes no difference.

The fact is that 7 different Franciscan provinces backed these nuns... 7 different Franciscan provinces.

If you are making the unsubstantiated and bizarre claim that these 7 different Franciscan provinces represent just one unified order supporting these nuns, then prove it with a link.

While you're at it, why don't you post the source for your initial claim that there are a number of Franciscan orders, and this (the Franciscans … [More]

It is not “just one of them.” Kindly get your "facts" straight.

Leaders from seven Franciscan provinces in the U.S. publicly backed a group of American nuns on Thursday (June 7), calling a Vatican crackdown on the women “excessive.”

Well - After the disaster of the passed 40-50 years I find it really hard to understand why anyone could come out in support of the LCWR. These friars are either on another planet or in a really isolated cloister.
TAP - TAP - TAP H e l l o! Would the last hippy priest please take the paisley motif vestment with them when they leave the Church . . !
It's no surprise that new traditional groups are forming within all the major Orders.

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