Now, here's a Bishop! Hint: He's CATHOLIC, really…
Just when you think there isn’t a bishop with a backbone…ok, ok, I’m exaggerating, maybe one with a backbone– here comes His Excellency, Msgr Carlos Ñañez from the Diocese of Cordoba in Argentina. He loves his flock. He also loves his priests. Sometimes, tough love is necessary in order to save the soul.
Father José Nicolas Alessio. be grateful and be humble, your bishop loves you!
Ad majorem Dei gloriam,
Sofia
From the blog, Big Blue Wave,
Argentinian priest suspended for having supported gay marriage
Jeanne Smits translates a report from Infocatolica.
José Nicolas Alessio underwent a canonical trial in the province of Cordoba and was found guilty of persistantly rejecting the doctrine on marriage, and of disobeying his ordinary, having expressed himself publicly in media against the Church’s Magisterium. He is prohibited from celebrating the Eucharist, hearing confessions, celebrating other sacraments and may not live in the parish house.
From the sound of it, the priest did not know what hit him. He did not expect such a swift decision. He said : “They condemned and excluded me for having a different opinion.”
No kidding, Sherlock.
The name of the local bishop is Msgr Carlos Ñañez. Promote that man!
Posted by Suzanne 3/7/11
I’m Catholic, and I think this is awful. Since when is Catholicism about controlling people as opposed to guiding them? It’s as though we’ve traded Jesus for Paul and now we worship rules instead of God.
It could be absolutely legal to marry someone of the same gender, to abort a baby, to steal what isn’t mine, and to kill anyone you like – and it would NOT affect my actions. I choose to live as I do because of my FAITH not civil laws. If the church realized that, we could all put our energies to work for social justice and poverty relief – and act like Jesus instead of Paul.
Catherine,
Your comments are illogical and your argument is, at the very least invalid and an unsound. My best guess here is that you did not take logic in school.
I won’t respond to each section of your statement as obviously you do not believe that Christ founded the Catholic Church. As for your opinion about St. Paul it is laughable.
Your knowledge of Jewish secular history, the history of the Church and even the Faith are rooted in several heresies. Probably not your fault as you state that social justice and poverty relief seem to be the only things you think are important and that smacks of bad catechisis post Vatican II.
I will pray for you as obviously the Alinsky infiltration into the Church has made you one of the disciples of moral relativism. By the way, have you ever read the section of Scripture where Jesus chastises the apostles for their criticism of Mary Magdalen using expensive perfumed oil to anoint His feet? YOu should look it up. He defended her as He told them, The poor you will always have with you, but I will only be here for a short time (paraphrased)…Feel free to look it up as I am quite busy making sure you will no longer allowed to comment on MY blog….I do not allow readers to use foul language, to spam, to personally attack me or anyone else or commit heresy or bash the Church or a Saint (Paul) as you did… Funny, you think you know more than the Church Herself, the Church FOUNDED by Jesus…. your comments from now on will be deleted from my blog. God love you with whatever Church you deem to join…you are certainly not Catholic.