[Magdalen] Conservatives Chafe Under Francis

[ROGER STOKES]

What these traditionalists forget is that the Pope's power is unfettered.  Canon Law says he can do what he likes and that he has universal jurisdiction.  If he says "jump" the correct response is "how high?" not "why?" or "I don't want to".

Roger




________________________________
 From: Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org> 
Sent: Monday, November 3, 2014 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Conservatives Chafe Under Francis
 

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Roy Murphy <roy.murphy at gmail.com> wrote:
> "It’s almost as if the Catholic Church was recently baptized in a vat of
> irony: so-called traditionalists—the same people who insisted that liberals
> fall in line behind John Paul II and Benedict XVI—are petulantly calling
> for schism and for bucking Church hierarchy. What makes it even more
> absurd: Francis isn’t all that liberal."

When the traditionalists were fluttering their eyelids each of the
many times they solemnly referred to "The Holy Father," I remember
wondering whether they would still do so for another pope who might
have a different approach. Sure enough, although they should fall in
line and show him the same deference, now it's a different story.

-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA