tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post101662244961051897..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Diplomats: Full adhesion to the Pope and the MagisteriumFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-25754394679952681402010-06-16T08:48:47.153+01:002010-06-16T08:48:47.153+01:00The booklet reads like a very bad corporate annual...The booklet reads like a very bad corporate annual report cobbled together by disparate departments (mostly the UK civil service by its tenor)and bereft of any editing.<br /><br />This is meant for the Catholic faithful? Or is it?<br /><br />I've quoted in a previous thread this little gem but I hope Father will bear its repetition:<br /><br />"The UK has worked closely with the Holy See to develop new ways to finance international<br />development. The International Finance Facility - IFF -<br />is a novel way to use the capital markets to front load<br />development spending."<br /><br />Well, that makes it crystal clear for we people in the pew.<br /><br />Another heading asks: "What is the Catholic Church for?"<br /><br />Search me, squire. <br /><br />You couldn't make it up. Oh, sorry. Somebody has.<br /><br />Time for a Nuncio who will bang heads together.georgemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-10781161430651928222010-06-15T22:42:08.730+01:002010-06-15T22:42:08.730+01:00The Bishops' booklet on the Papal visit is now...The Bishops' booklet on the Papal visit is now on line. I'm afraid I lost interest in it long before I reached the end. One phrase did however jump out at me - 'The Catholic Church does not claim to have all the answers.' I found this statement quite astonishing and wonder who this has been written for.pelerinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-66660661792126471482010-06-15T15:56:48.743+01:002010-06-15T15:56:48.743+01:00JSA: the difference is that this is a moral obliga...JSA: the difference is that this is a moral obligation. <br />Seems fairly normal to me that a Catholic would actually be able to give that commitment, but if a person cannot do so, honesty might prompt them not to occupy a prominent position in a Catholic teaching institution, for example.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871618901190898384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-56095395563160832562010-06-15T14:27:07.733+01:002010-06-15T14:27:07.733+01:00JSA
Any Catholic is free to leave the Church. Stal...JSA<br />Any Catholic is free to leave the Church. Stalin did not allow Russians to leave Russia.<br />With many millions killed or starved many Russians were even willing to help the Nazi invaders, so bad was the Soviet rule.<br />Those who represent the Holy See diplomatically should not undermine the teaching of the Church. Some of Stalin's representatives accurately reflected the brutality of his rule.<br />Does this help?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036933832060349206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-60999054383734748682010-06-15T14:21:00.362+01:002010-06-15T14:21:00.362+01:00Fully agree with santoeusebio's comment above....Fully agree with santoeusebio's comment above.<br />Would just add that if the Nuncios around the worlde had been vigilent the Pope would not have had to make that address. It would have been superfluous for any Catholic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-11915958981493478392010-06-15T12:25:45.787+01:002010-06-15T12:25:45.787+01:00JSA,
"And the difference between Benedict'...JSA,<br />"And the difference between Benedict's papacy and Stalin's Communist Russia is..." quite apparent to any Catholic. <br /><br />Peter and his successors are told by God himself, "Whoever listens to you listens to me".<br />Obviously JSA you don't believe that and therefore aren't a CatholicFr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-51717511686288238732010-06-15T10:42:49.721+01:002010-06-15T10:42:49.721+01:00Adhering to the Magisterium.
The Papal Nuncio was...Adhering to the Magisterium.<br /><br />The Papal Nuncio was quoted as having approved the dropping of the prohibition on referrals for abortion from the ethics code of the Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth. I wrote to him asking whether he did or did not. He replied but failed to answer the question.<br /><br />The sooner we have a new Papal Nuncio who does adhere to the teachings of the Church and publicly supports that teaching the better.<br /><br />Nicolas Bellordsantoeusebiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032325567755620919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-30094152955080294002010-06-15T09:40:18.112+01:002010-06-15T09:40:18.112+01:00And the difference between Benedict's papacy a...And the difference between Benedict's papacy and Stalin's Communist Russia is?JSAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-40207767857486563522010-06-15T09:19:45.744+01:002010-06-15T09:19:45.744+01:00One might also suggest that there may be merit in ...One might also suggest that there may be merit in appointing Nuncios whose viewpoint is at least slightly distinct from that of the local Episcopal Conference, if only as a check on excesses in any direction !Dominic Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514722976964423091noreply@blogger.com