During his last homily as pope on Ash Wednesday Pope Benedict XVI deplored the division among priests that is disfiguring the Church and damaging her communion:
‘Finally, the prophet considers the prayer of the priests, who turn to God with tears, saying: “Do not make your heritage a mockery, a byword among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” (v. 17). This prayer makes us think of the importance of the witness of Christian faith and life given by each of us and our communities for showing the face of the Church, and how that face is sometimes disfigured. I think in particular of sins against the unity of the Church, and divisions within the body of the Church. To experience Lent in a more intense and manifest ecclesial communion, overcoming individualism and rivalry, is a humble and valuable sign for those who are distant from the faith or indifferent.’
One such group of priests causing divisions in the communion of the Church through their egotistical individualism and rivalry against the authority of the Holy Father and the Magisterium are those who have formed the dissent movement A Call to Action. It has been reported to Protect the Pope that A Call to Action are mobilizing to take advantage of the media interest in Pope Benedict’s resignation to spread their campaign of dissent and disloyalty.
A Call to Action are mobilizing a task force to do media interviews between now and the conclave to falsely portray in the media the ‘dissatisfaction’ of Catholics with our Holy Father, and promote the need for ‘Vatican III and the usual liberal agenda same-sex marriage, the abolition of celibacy, women’s ordination etc etc.
Protect the Pope comment: What can we say to priests who choose this very sensitive and sad time to create an anti-Catholic Voices group to promote their anti-papist, anti-Catholic agenda? You should be ashamed of yourselves.
CCC 895 [The bishops'] authority must be exercised in communion with the whole Church under the guidance of the Pope.
The sooner we are rid of these people the better, if they are disgruntled with Chuch teaching there are any number of Protestant sects they can join.
Absolute traitors, aren’t they?
Not only to us in this generation but to the 40 Martyrs of England and Wales who died so bravely for us all.
I see that “Call to Fraction” is at it again.
“What can we say to priests who choose this very sensitive and sad time to create an anti-Catholic Voices group to promote their anti-papist, anti-Catholic agenda?”
I know what we can say of them.
“Now is the time for the dead to be judged…”
Grumpy Old Men.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints_(Church_of_England)#May
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Martyrs_of_England_and_Wales
Why hasn’t Fr Joe Ryan been disciplined as yet by Archbishop Vincent Nichols?
I doubt Call to Action has any grassroots support. Why do they stay in the Church if they are so opposed to Catholic teaching? Their demands are never going to happen
The next Pontiff should call a General Council (preferably not Vatican III, the brand name being tarnished) to re-examine and if necessary re-interpret the documents of Vatican II. And forget the ‘pastoral’ language (another term that has been corrupted). We need to recover those two essential words – ANATHEMA SIT.