Francis Demands Absolute Obedience
“It is irreconcilable to be a Pontifical Representative while criticizing the Pope behind his back, having blogs or even joining groups hostile to him, the Curia or the Church of Rome," Pope Francis …More
“It is irreconcilable to be a Pontifical Representative while criticizing the Pope behind his back, having blogs or even joining groups hostile to him, the Curia or the Church of Rome," Pope Francis told more than hundred nuncios during a June 13 audience.
Francis wants absolute loyalty and absolute obedience, “Obedience to God cannot be separated from obedience to the Church and to the superiors.”
At the same time, Francis called on the nuncios to avoid "rigidity" as well as “hypocritical and chameleon-like flexibility” which seems to be the essence of a contemporary Catholic bishop.
Picture: © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk, CC BY-NC-SA, #newsIgizimuxtf
Francis wants absolute loyalty and absolute obedience, “Obedience to God cannot be separated from obedience to the Church and to the superiors.”
At the same time, Francis called on the nuncios to avoid "rigidity" as well as “hypocritical and chameleon-like flexibility” which seems to be the essence of a contemporary Catholic bishop.
Picture: © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk, CC BY-NC-SA, #newsIgizimuxtf
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-Pope Pius IX
Pope St. Martin I - If anyone does not with mind and lips reject and anathematize all abominable heretics together with their impious writings, even to the single least portion, let such a person be condemned. (Canon 18, Lateran Council, DNZ: 271-272)
"The declared enemies of God and His Church, …More
"If a future pope teaches anything contrary to the Catholic Faith, do not follow him."
-Pope Pius IX
Pope St. Martin I - If anyone does not with mind and lips reject and anathematize all abominable heretics together with their impious writings, even to the single least portion, let such a person be condemned. (Canon 18, Lateran Council, DNZ: 271-272)
"The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth is not denied. It is a work of charity to shout: 'Here is the wolf!' when it enters the flock or anywhere else."
- St. Francis de Sales
-Pope Pius IX
Pope St. Martin I - If anyone does not with mind and lips reject and anathematize all abominable heretics together with their impious writings, even to the single least portion, let such a person be condemned. (Canon 18, Lateran Council, DNZ: 271-272)
"The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth is not denied. It is a work of charity to shout: 'Here is the wolf!' when it enters the flock or anywhere else."
- St. Francis de Sales