Schneider: Heretical Pope Is Like An Abusive Father Or An Atheistic Tyrant
Kazakhstan Bishop Athanasius Schneider has implicitly compared Pope Francis and his heresies to an abusive father or a communist tyrant.
In an 11-pages essay on the question of a heretical pope, Schneider refutes the opinion that such a pope automatically loses his office.
Writing on Rorate-Caeli.blogspot.com (March 20) he explains that children may avoid contact with a criminal or monstrous father, but cannot elect a new and good one, concluding that the same principle applies to a heretical pontiff.
According to Schneider tolerating a heretical pope does not mean approving of his wrongdoing.
Schneider compares such a situation to an iniquitous or atheistic regime. He stresses that Catholics have lived under such a regime in the Soviet Union and that they were bearing this as a penance.
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In an 11-pages essay on the question of a heretical pope, Schneider refutes the opinion that such a pope automatically loses his office.
Writing on Rorate-Caeli.blogspot.com (March 20) he explains that children may avoid contact with a criminal or monstrous father, but cannot elect a new and good one, concluding that the same principle applies to a heretical pontiff.
According to Schneider tolerating a heretical pope does not mean approving of his wrongdoing.
Schneider compares such a situation to an iniquitous or atheistic regime. He stresses that Catholics have lived under such a regime in the Soviet Union and that they were bearing this as a penance.
Picture: © Joseph Shaw, CC BY-NC-SA, #newsTtvwreamnn