Wednesday, November 15, 2017

US bishops, as a group, still resist Pope Francis' pastoral impulse

https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/distinctly-catholic/us-bishops-group-still-resist-pope-francis-pastoral-impulse
MGB:_Sean Michael is writing like the Conference is unsure about breaking faith with the GOP on abortion and immigration (what’s with the abstentions on the Naumann election?).  At least they are not giving Trump cover on racism. The Conference’s voice in that area is quite strong, although no on seems to link racism to bad treatment of the working man (and immigration too) as a sin that cries to Heaven for Vengeance. A pastoral plan to deal with Amoris Letitie will be developed. There are a few bishops who need some helpful guidance on this, although they may ignore it like some ignored the Dallas Accords. This meeting said little about Francis. It said a lot more about the linkage of some bishops (and probably staff) to the Republican Party.Unless the reporting got lost, it seems the translation of the Mass was not mentioned at all. You would think that would be topic A, even if no staff work as been done. That is the true extent to which they ignore Francis.

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