tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post3410175282917111748..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Bishop BashingFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-35287110601293327812011-02-06T16:19:20.550+00:002011-02-06T16:19:20.550+00:00I went to Everux as a young man in the early 60...I went to Everux as a young man in the early 60's.I was trying to hitch a plane going to Frankfurt.<br />It was a market day with all those wonderful Normandy cheeses and oysters.<br /><br />I went into what I thought might be the Cathedral and was very impressed with the devotion of the people to Our Lady.Very French.Edward P. Waltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819348411129870835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-62637848289273201192011-02-06T12:49:57.970+00:002011-02-06T12:49:57.970+00:00Thanks to Peter for referring us to the website fo...Thanks to Peter for referring us to the website for the support of this priest. The radio interview with the Bishop is very interesting. He says that his reasons for dismissing the parish priest have nothing to do with the liturgy or his traditionalist Catholicism but to do with other matters which he will not specify. He talks of the "truth" but will not disclose what that "truth" is other than to say it is do with financial matters where the priest has allowed himself to fall into the hands of a few parishioners who have withheld money from the Diocese. I think the Bishop has closed the parish and has directed that the money from collections should be paid to a neighbouring parish. The association for the closed parish have in fact, so they claim, paid the money direct to the Diocese last summer and want to do the same again as at the close of last year and have asked to meet the Diocesan finance officer. It looks as though the Diocese accepted the money last Summer but it is not clear whether it is accepting the money at this year's end. The Bishop seems to be sticking to his direction that the money be paid to the neighbouring parish.<br /><br />So the Bishop does seem to be sticking to the position that the only reason, that he is prepared to disclose, for dismissing the parish priest is this financial irregularity. This begs the question of why the parishioners are insisting on paying the money direct to the Diocese. Is it because the Bishop had dismissed the Parish Priest? In which case his attitude seems a bit disingenuous to me.<br /><br />Nicolas Bellordsantoeusebiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032325567755620919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-15087879818936798902011-02-06T11:18:54.313+00:002011-02-06T11:18:54.313+00:00I may have misheard the presenter, but I thought s...I may have misheard the presenter, but I thought she said "demonic".<br /><br />Shold 31019 appears to believe that a priest's no 1 role is to organise soup runs. No, that's collateral to the love of Christ, the primary role.<br />And when any bishop flouts his responsibility and his church in such a way it is the cause of grest scandal.<br />The Catholic Church is not a mish-mash of personal whims. You believe in and follow its precepts or you don't. And if you don't you've no business calling yourself a Catholic, still less a bishop.<br />And you have substituted reality with shadows on the wall of your personal cave.georgemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-10573076227791960192011-02-05T22:02:42.238+00:002011-02-05T22:02:42.238+00:00Readers might be interested in the site, in French...Readers might be interested in the site, in French,<br />http://thiberville-soutien-abbe-michel.hautetfort.com/<br /><br />One bit there is a radio interview in which the bishop explains that the decision to move Fr Michel was not connected to the way he celebrated Mass. He hints at a financial angle but refuses to be drawn.<br /><br />It is, as the bishop says, a sad story.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036933832060349206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-21163069150354831622011-02-05T18:42:04.784+00:002011-02-05T18:42:04.784+00:00Isn't it unlawful for a bishop to instruct tha...Isn't it unlawful for a bishop to instruct that the Koran is read at Mass?Ceciliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181882111548805146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-5401414325234595082011-02-05T14:05:16.503+00:002011-02-05T14:05:16.503+00:00I wonder if he ordered them to read what the Koran...I wonder if he ordered them to read what the Koran says Christians believe about the Blessed Trinity? However there have been many odd bishops, even odd Popes. If it could be said of the Apostles "they forsook him and fled"(Mt 26 56)should we really be surprised at their successors?Independentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-35041182530315476112011-02-05T13:33:32.068+00:002011-02-05T13:33:32.068+00:00So telling us about a French bishop who comes to t...So telling us about a French bishop who comes to this country to attend the supposed ordination of women priests in a schismatic church is "silly and petty"? I find the conduct of the Bishop utterly scandalous and something that should be publicised loud and clear. It was a very public act on the part of the Bishop and presumably he did this in order to make a very clear statement. Did he, as a matter of courtesy, ask the local Bishop for permission to do this and if so what was the local Bishop's response?<br /><br />As to the soup kitchen perhaps Father prefers modesty in his giving?<br /><br />Nicolas Bellordsantoeusebiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032325567755620919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-37193407764568126692011-02-05T12:41:04.408+00:002011-02-05T12:41:04.408+00:00A previous bishop of Evreux did get the sack at th...A previous bishop of Evreux did get the sack at the instance of the French hierarchy. Perhaps that miasma in the Channel that seems to affect our south coast Bishops is now affecting litoral bishops on the other side?<br /><br />Nicolas Bellordsantoeusebiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032325567755620919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-91063722697903386662011-02-05T11:12:45.954+00:002011-02-05T11:12:45.954+00:00How confused that French bishop is - he obliged th...How confused that French bishop is - he obliged the priests of his diocese to read out parts of the Koran before the Gospel during the week of prayer for Christian unity... Now in which universe has the Koran anything to do with Christian unity?!dfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-85988770319459299432011-02-05T09:14:51.325+00:002011-02-05T09:14:51.325+00:00Come on, this is rather silly and petty. A comple...Come on, this is rather silly and petty. A complete diversion. Tell us about your soup kitchen and all the other wonderful things you do in your parish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-2340144244193342032011-02-04T20:16:38.719+00:002011-02-04T20:16:38.719+00:00Too bad horsewhipping has gone out of fashion.Too bad horsewhipping has gone out of fashion.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-89225978816717678102011-02-04T19:07:56.164+00:002011-02-04T19:07:56.164+00:00I cannot quite imagine an Orthodox Bishop being in...I cannot quite imagine an Orthodox Bishop being involved in things such as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Evereux is alleged to have done, still less imagine what the reaction of his people would be.<br /><br />But I bet it would involve pitchforks and torches.Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-38849251402815135442011-02-04T18:38:07.113+00:002011-02-04T18:38:07.113+00:00So much for the Second Vatican Council doing away ...So much for the Second Vatican Council doing away with clericalism.Aduliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534730218402742905noreply@blogger.com