Francis' Church, “Shut up, get in line, or get out”

The removal of Father Thomas Weinandy “isn’t an unfortunate consequence, it is a plan”, writes New York Columnist Patrick Archbold on Facebook.

Weinandy was fired as a consulter of the U.S. bishops after having published a respectful letter, critical of Francis.

For Archbold this is “not a bug” but “a feature”. “A few high profile unceremonious firings like this for even raising questions is a message to all the other theologians and bishops out there and that message is clear from the top down in the Church. ‘Shut up, get in line, or get out!”

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