Help me understand this!
For far too many years now, there
have been Bishops, priests, religious and laity (including prominent politicians
claiming to be Catholic), who have engaged in public dissent from the Church’s
teachings with little or no public correction from the Shepherds charged with
the salvation of their souls. Such public
dissent – so destructive to the spiritual well-being of other Catholics - is more
often than not met with public silence.
Yet two simple priests (Fathers
Joseph Illo and Patrick Driscoll), who are trying to establish an
Oratory of St. Philip Neri in a San Francisco parish in hopes of
reigniting the flames of knowledge, love and fidelity
for the Catholic Faith, are met with public ridicule and criticism, some of
which come from their brother priests.
At the same time, a public effort
is made to have the Holy Father remove Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, their
Archbishop, simply because he insists on fulfilling his pastoral duties – to teach
the Truth and remind Catholics of their obligation to conform their personal
and professional lives to that Truth.
None of this makes sense unless one
realizes this is the work of the Evil One “who roams throughout the world seeking
the ruin of souls”.
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