Cardinal Burke Closes the Stable Door After the Cattle Has Run Away
Also in these coronavirus times which are "stranger" than they ought to be, bishops have no power to “dispense” the faithful from Sunday obligation, Cardinal Burke said. Talking to "Catholic Action"…More
Also in these coronavirus times which are "stranger" than they ought to be, bishops have no power to “dispense” the faithful from Sunday obligation, Cardinal Burke said.
Talking to "Catholic Action" (YouTube.com, May 24), he expresses his fears that those Catholics who “are not so well catechised” - meaning: virtually all - may interpret the bishops' Coronavirus "dispensation" from Sunday Mass as a sign that Sunday Mass is just another "negotiable practice" in the Church.
He criticises by name La Plata Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández who suggested that Sunday obligation could be "abolished" - as if this had not de facto happened decades ago.
Also Burke's admonition is an attempt to close the stable door after the cattle has escaped. It's now over 50 years that Sunday obligation is ignored while the clergy leaves the Catholics in the dark about this.
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Talking to "Catholic Action" (YouTube.com, May 24), he expresses his fears that those Catholics who “are not so well catechised” - meaning: virtually all - may interpret the bishops' Coronavirus "dispensation" from Sunday Mass as a sign that Sunday Mass is just another "negotiable practice" in the Church.
He criticises by name La Plata Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández who suggested that Sunday obligation could be "abolished" - as if this had not de facto happened decades ago.
Also Burke's admonition is an attempt to close the stable door after the cattle has escaped. It's now over 50 years that Sunday obligation is ignored while the clergy leaves the Catholics in the dark about this.
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salliperson
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God bless Cardinal Burke.
Ultraviolet
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If Cardinal Burke is off his game at the moment, he was in the slammer for over a year. It takes a while to come back mentally from that place.
Novella Nurney
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@Ultraviolet, praytell? ...
Ultraviolet
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I'm not speaking from first-hand experience, thank God. But I've seen what it does to people I known personally.
Novella Nurney
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No, no, I meant when was Burke in jail? I missed something. I thought you meant Pell;)
Ultraviolet
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Whoops! Totally my bad. Speaking of being "off their game" eh? :D
De Profundis
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No there is Mass without Communion and Communion without Mass. But hand sanitiser instead of holy water?