The child sex-abuse crisis engulfing the Catholic Church has prompted the archbishop of Philadelphia to ask Pope Francis to cancel a bishops’ conference focusing on youth in the church scheduled to begin in a month.
Archbishop Charles Chaput made the request by letter, a spokesman for the archdiocese confirmed Saturday, though he would not comment further. The Youth Synod, which would include bishops from around the world, has been in the works for two years and is focused on the theme “young people, the faith, and vocational discernment,” according to the event’s website. An international panel of youths are expected to join the council of bishops for the event.
“I have written the Holy Father and called on him to cancel the forthcoming synod on young people,” Archbishop Chaput said at a conference Thursday at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, according to LifeSite News, a conservative Catholic website. “Right now, the bishops would have absolutely no credibility in addressing this topic.”
Instead, Archbishop Chaput asked that the synod be refocused on the life of bishops.
Full story at The Philadelphia Post-Gazette.
Abp. Chaput, you are correct regarding the absence of credibility concerning American bishops. You are incorrect, however, if that is the sole reason to cancel the event. Most specifically, the “Youth Synod” shows all the promise of being planned as a NewChurch “coming out” party, where Catholic youth will be effectively encouraged to explore sexuality (instead of being guided to seek out Christ in their lives and how He wishes them to live). Francis and his vile Vatican Minions should be kept away from the world’s youth at all cost.
The famous “Oath Against Modernism” can be found in many places– it is also on the computer! Here is one link— http://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius10 I believe our Church made a terrible mistake, when the “Oath” was dropped, in 1967, after Vatican II!! And also, I believe the Church made a terrible mistake, promoting “freedom of individual belief, according to one’s conscience,” at Vatican II– instead of requiring it MANDATORY to RESPONSIBLY preach, teach, and uphold Christ’s True Teachings and True Church!! Our young people so need this!! I believe Christ’s Teachings are ETERNAL, HOLY and ABSOLUTE– for all times, all cultures, all peoples!!
In the computer link I gave, above– you can find the “Oath Against Modernism” in the far right-hand column, scrolling down. In our Church, the Deposit of Faith consists of three basic things: Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium, in conjunction with the Pope. I once brought a devout Protestant friend to Mass with me, many years ago, on a big Feast Day– and she asked the priest all about this! Protestants only accept the Bible! She later wanted to know more, and thought of becoming a Catholic!
Good for Archbishop Chaput. From what I have read some things were being taught at that youth conference that are not Church teaching — nor will they ever be. If we get on Fr. Martin’s bridge to Mordor and follow it to the end, we will end up like Golem. God save us from that.
A “Child Sex Abuse Crises” ? Why is this crises being called this ? Statistics are showing that over 80% of the cases being reported have involved post adolescent males.
“Joe D”: Good question. The reason is to avoid the true problem: the overwhelming evidence of active homosexuals, and those that enable them, within the Church’s clergy, at all levels. The term “child sex-abuse” is code for promising that any investigation will lead away from the true evil. The same can be said about pounding only on McCarrick (although he surely deserves it).
In truth, the crisis is not about “Uncle Ted” or even homosexuals, it is about the wholesale rejection by Church leadership (no, not all) of its own Sacred Tradition. This is the true scandal that needs correction.
SC’s comment misses the point altogether, making his/her point hilariously ludicrous. Why? Equating abuse on rejecting tradition? That rejecting the Sacred Tradition of the Church was the reason for the abuse? Wrong! The call to holiness is very RESONANT in one of the major documents of the Second Vatican Council, Lumen Gentium. This is not about rejecting “tradition” but about not answering the call to holiness!
:jon”: You really need to learn your Catholic faith (or the George Soros clone who may write your posts needs to convert). Believing in, and following, Tradition leads to holiness — that is the point. But then, you would not understand this in your rush to support the modernist “NewChurch” which does not exist to be a church at all, but an appendix to liberal, globalist government.
You, and the Vatican II boys, can try to call themselves holy, but that doesn’t work at all. You cannot love sin and expect to be saved, jon. Go smell the sheep all you want to.
Sorry, but “St. Christopher’s” point that “Tradition leads to holiness” is totally wrong. It is following Christ that leads to holiness (Matt. 19:21), not necessarily bowing to the alter of “traditionalism.” The idolatry of traditionalism is alive and well among the commentariat here. They have put the rubrics of the old Mass as their “god” and “idol.” Beware, beware!
St. Christopher, you certainly are right on one thing, They have been trying to change the traditional moral teachings of the Bible for well over 2000 years. Thank God we have the teachings of the early Church Fathers and past Councils to tell us what the Bible actually meant on certain issues.
They do that with Buddhism and other religions, too, as Buddha was for celibacy outside of marriage and chastity within, and early Buddhists were against abortion. You can find that on line.
“Therefore my, brothers,stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.” Thessalonians 2:15.
I probably should have said “We” because most all of us have committed a serious sin or sins some time in our life, but there is a difference between sinning, feeling guilty about it, confessing it and seeking to rectify it or just trying to get rid of the rule to justify ones sin and bragging about it. I have said enough.
“Anne TE” you are correct; “jon” you are vacant, per the norm. A favorite tool of Modernists is to decry orthodoxy as idolatry. Many Protestants say that too, such as Catholics (at least some) genuflecting before a consecrated Host (and believing that it is an Eucharistic “species”). Catholic Tradition is the second pillar of the True Faith. Tradition is the pathway to holiness to Catholics, “jon.” This is one reason we are different than Protestants.
So SC and Anne: When Our Lord told those on His right to enter the Kingdom in Matthew 25:31-40, quote to me the part where He says: “Enter the Kingdom for you have followed traditionalism.”
Yes– Vatican II upheld Tradition, in the Documents– on paper! But in real life– Tradition was severely mocked and knocked, by many Catholic clerics, after Vatican II– probably to favor ecumenism! Tradition is very important to our Faith– it is one of the three main pillars of the Deposit of Faith! Catholic Tradition needs RESPECT!!– and a devout, loving restoration, in our Church!
Good question. One that should not have to be asked in the first places. What a mess our bishops can make even out of a name.
Every Catholic Bishop in the US should immediately and voluntarily provide a list of all employees (bishops, priests, nuns, lay persons) employed by their respective diocese between the years of 1935 to 2018 who are known to have molested children or engaged in sex acts with adults. The list should include information about the disposition of each case. This action would be a good first step in repairing the harm.
I agree with Abp. Chaput, especially in ligjt of the following story published today in LifeSite News:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/francis-ignored-covered-up-abuse-in-argentina-before-becoming-pope-german-d
Good for Chaput. He’s right, of course. But the Synod on youth will go on as scheduled because the intent is to use that to advance homosexuality. The corrupt hierarchy who wrote Amoris Laetitia and have been planning this synod as the next phase in normalizing homosexuality are not going to let the exposure of their plan nor the exposure of their corrupt misdeads get in their way. THey know if they don’t succeed during this pope’s reign they won’t succeed at all. So it’s full steam ahead with sodomy.
AB CHAPUT IS ‘SPOT ON’ AS USUAL!!!
HE IS ONE OF A FEW TRUE SHEPHERDS OF JESUS’ CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES!
Re: allegations against Pope Francis: it’s been almost 2 weeks and no one else has come forward that can verify it.
Allegation of a gay bishops: 1 person came forward about 1 bishop.
Allegations of a gay mafia: nobody is coming forward with any stories.
Vigano has a lot of people vouching for his character. One person who wouldn’t say anything except “He told the truth.”. Not even Pope Benedict.
Even the people here who used to post claiming to have all this knowledge about McElroy, Martin and the Lavender Mafia in the Vatican aren’t commenting.
Regarding my post above all one has to do is put in ones search engine “Fr. James Martin on same-sex marriage, you tube”, and one will find plenty of his speeches where he thinks it is all right. According to reports, he was giving those same speeches at the youth synod.
Let’s get real here. The Catholic Church expects marriages to be consummated, so Fr. Martin is giving his approval to sodomy by not telling them it wrong. There is a sin of silence.
The youth synod has not happened yet. It is in October. There was a pre-synod in March. I do not think he was there. Are you perhaps thinking of the World Meeting of Families?
That think that is what I meant. One of his speeches was on Lifesite News. Others are on line just by googling them.
Correction to the last line: “by not telling them it is wrong.”