Francis Insists Protestant Tony Palmer be “Buried as a Bishop” He Receives Catholic Requiem Mass
By John Vennari “Father David told us that because Tony [Palmer] was not a Roman Catholic he had to ask his bishop’s permission to celebrate the requiem and though Tony’s wife and children are Roman …More
By John Vennari
“Father David told us that because Tony [Palmer] was not a Roman Catholic he had to ask his bishop’s permission to celebrate the requiem and though Tony’s wife and children are Roman Catholics, permission still had to be given for the requiem. The bishop agreed but said that Tony could not be buried as a bishop as he was not a Roman Catholic bishop. However, Francis said he should and could be buried as a bishop, and so that put an end to that little bit of ecclesiastical nonsense!”
The “Lethal System” of Religious Indifferentism
The Popes throughout the centuries, and especially since the time of the French Revolution, condemned the false notion that non-Catholics need not convert to the Catholic Church for salvation. Here we will recount the teaching of four consecutive Popes against religious indifferentism – a series of magisterial statements that reflect true continuity with perennial Catholic teaching. We quote solemn pronouncements from Popes Leo XII, Pius VIII, …More
“Father David told us that because Tony [Palmer] was not a Roman Catholic he had to ask his bishop’s permission to celebrate the requiem and though Tony’s wife and children are Roman Catholics, permission still had to be given for the requiem. The bishop agreed but said that Tony could not be buried as a bishop as he was not a Roman Catholic bishop. However, Francis said he should and could be buried as a bishop, and so that put an end to that little bit of ecclesiastical nonsense!”
The “Lethal System” of Religious Indifferentism
The Popes throughout the centuries, and especially since the time of the French Revolution, condemned the false notion that non-Catholics need not convert to the Catholic Church for salvation. Here we will recount the teaching of four consecutive Popes against religious indifferentism – a series of magisterial statements that reflect true continuity with perennial Catholic teaching. We quote solemn pronouncements from Popes Leo XII, Pius VIII, …More
