Mercy in Action: Vatican Defrocks a Whole Community
Eight Augustinian Fathers of the former Vicariate of Castile in Brazil have been "defrocked" by the Vatican, Folha de S. Paulo (September 14) reported. Their crime: They refused to hand over their …More
Eight Augustinian Fathers of the former Vicariate of Castile in Brazil have been "defrocked" by the Vatican, Folha de S. Paulo (September 14) reported.
Their crime: They refused to hand over their schools to the Augustinian Province of Brazil. The Province was only created in 2013 by a merger of three groups: the Augustinian Vicariate of Castile (Spain), the Augustinian Delegation of Malta, and the Filipino Augustinians of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Brazil.
From the very beginning, the Vicariate of Castile disagreed with how the merger was handled and refused to surrender their three schools in São Paulo and Goiânia with 9,300 students and other 19 institutions to the new Province.
Instead they changed the bylaws of the "Augustinian Society of Education and Assistance" which controls the schools withdrawing it successfully from any ecclesiastical influence.
The Province saw this as a declaration of war and threatened the priests with expulsion from the Order which happened in 2015.…More
Their crime: They refused to hand over their schools to the Augustinian Province of Brazil. The Province was only created in 2013 by a merger of three groups: the Augustinian Vicariate of Castile (Spain), the Augustinian Delegation of Malta, and the Filipino Augustinians of the Most Holy Name of Jesus in Brazil.
From the very beginning, the Vicariate of Castile disagreed with how the merger was handled and refused to surrender their three schools in São Paulo and Goiânia with 9,300 students and other 19 institutions to the new Province.
Instead they changed the bylaws of the "Augustinian Society of Education and Assistance" which controls the schools withdrawing it successfully from any ecclesiastical influence.
The Province saw this as a declaration of war and threatened the priests with expulsion from the Order which happened in 2015.…More
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Francis the merciful of hell.
St Michael the Archangel defend us in battle
St Michael the Archangel defend us in battle
BrAlexisBugnolo
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You cannot defrock a priest for refusing to be robbed. Sorry canon law does not work that way. Something is amiss here.
Arthur McGowan
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This is how it works in the church of Bergoglio.
Ivan Tomas
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You mean the anti-church.
BrAlexisBugnolo
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Sadly you are correct. I hope they are financially independent of Bergoglio now and have the common sense to keep doing good and saying the Mass, recognizing that injustice has no right. And that the schools belong to the people whom they serve, certainly not to an Order which wants to sell them for money.
Jorge Cerra
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This is the merciful church of Bergoglio. It doesn't matter to destroy loyal and dedicated people; it is useful to foment fear among the minions of the Dictator.