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Associated Press picks up Rorate Franciscan Friar Crackdown Story

Below you will find a story from the Associated Press following our report on the breathtaking crackdown on the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (FI) by order of Pope Francis. Good reporting from …More
Below you will find a story from the Associated Press following our report on the breathtaking crackdown on the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate (FI) by order of Pope Francis. Good reporting from AP's Nicole Winfield ensures this story is told to a world-wide audience and that, God willing, relief for the order will come soon.
Read Rorate's report here for what prompted this story to now go viral.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis may have been named Time magazine's Person of the Year, but he has come under scathing criticism from a growing number of traditionalist Catholics for cracking down on a religious order that celebrates the old Latin Mass. The case has become a flashpoint in the ideological tug-of-war going on in the Catholic Church over Francis' revolutionary agenda, which has thrilled progressives and alarmed some conservatives.
The matter concerns the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, a small but growing order of several hundred priests, seminarians and nuns that was founded …
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G.Taylor
How come there is no crack down on the German pornography producing and selling bishops, Oh! of course, I forgot, they bring in millions to the Vatican.
How come there is no crackdown on the Scottish bishops, with the scandals we have endured here under their "leadership"?
And what about the priests who offer the "banal" novus ordo Mass, are they going to swear an oath that the Mass of all Saints …More
How come there is no crack down on the German pornography producing and selling bishops, Oh! of course, I forgot, they bring in millions to the Vatican.
How come there is no crackdown on the Scottish bishops, with the scandals we have endured here under their "leadership"?

And what about the priests who offer the "banal" novus ordo Mass, are they going to swear an oath that the Mass of all Saints is not only valid , but sacred? Don't make me laugh!
Almighty God, rid us of these fake "prelates" with their (less and less) secretive agendas and send us real men of faith as our bishops. Amen.
tbswv
The modernist Francis through his actions has shown us his true colors. The aggression of this enforcement against these men and his lack of enforcement against the liturgical abuses which continue to this day is very telling. It is clear that Francis is intolerant of the traditional Latin mass. At least Benedict understood the dogmatic councils decree on the Latin mass and its place in the life of …More
The modernist Francis through his actions has shown us his true colors. The aggression of this enforcement against these men and his lack of enforcement against the liturgical abuses which continue to this day is very telling. It is clear that Francis is intolerant of the traditional Latin mass. At least Benedict understood the dogmatic councils decree on the Latin mass and its place in the life of the Church.
sheepette
How come no breathtaking crackdown on that gay lobby?