Bishops Being (Real) Bishops

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2 Timothy 4: 1-4

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I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables (μύθους).

RSVCE

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.

Myth Breakers, Truth Speakers

Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington

https://catholicvote.org/bishop-of-arlington-calls-president-biden-to-repent/

CV NEWS FEED | A prominent American bishop has publicly called on President Joe Biden to repent of his support for abortion and the scandal it has caused.

I find it very troubling that President Biden continues to contradict the most basic teachings of the faith he professes.

It’s a shame. It really is, both for the state, for his own soul, and also because he’s missing the opportunity to do good in his role that is unmatched, the ability he has to do good. And it’s so sad to see him not doing that. Imagine if he chose to support women in need rather than encourage wider access to abortion.

This is causing great scandal when he announces both his faith and his pro-abortion position publicly. I pray that he will change his position, repent of the scandal and the damage that is being caused.

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Archdiocese of San Francisco

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/archbishop-cordileone-responds-to-criticism-that-he-s-politicizing-the-eucharist

Archbishop Cordileone announced that he had notified Pelosi, who describes herself as a devout Catholic, that until she publicly repudiates her support for abortion, she should not be admitted to Holy Communion in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, her home diocese, nor should she present herself for Communion.

Bishops praise archbishop’s action involving Pelosi


WASHINGTON (CNS) — A number of U.S. Catholic bishops praised San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone for his “courageous” action in declaring May 20 that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is not “to be admitted” to Communion because of her stand on legalized abortion.
  1. “I applaud Archbishop Cordileone’s patient and persevering efforts to enlighten Speaker Pelosi about the moral gravity of her extreme efforts to promote, to advocate and to initiate legislation to enshrine legalized abortion into federal law,” said Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas. [...] “I fully support both the pastoral and courageous actions that Archbishop Cordileone has now taken in an effort to awaken Speaker Pelosi’s conscience and at the same time to protect Catholics in the Archdiocese of San Francisco and throughout the country from being confused by Speaker Pelosi’s radical support for abortion, while claiming to be a faithful Catholic.” “I pray that Speaker Pelosi will have a change of heart,” added Archbishop Naumann, former chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee.
  2. Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila called Archbishop Cordileone’s action a “courageous, compassionate and necessary decision.” “I know Archbishop Cordileone to be a shepherd with the heart and mind of Christ, who truly desires to lead others towards Christ’s love, mercy and promise of eternal salvation,” he said. “As Archbishop Cordileone writes, ‘conversion is always better than exclusion, and before any such action can be taken it must be preceded by sincere and diligent efforts at dialogue and persuasion,'” he continued. “He has made every attempt to try and avoid this step.” “As I have previously written and Archbishop Cordileone makes clear as well, this issue is not about politics or simply enforcing church rules, but rather about love — love for the individual and love for the entire community,” said the Denver prelate.
  3. Among others who supported Archbishop Cordileone in statements or tweets were Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and Bishops Robert F. Vasa of Santa Rosa, California; Michael C. Barber of Oakland, California; Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas; David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin; Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois; Donald J. Hying of Madison; James D. Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska; Liam Cary of Baker, Oregon; and Thomas A. Daly of Spokane, Washington.
  4. Bishop Strickland tweeted May 25: “The concern for Mrs Pelosi’s eternal salvation extends to the Diocese of Tyler. She is barred from Communion here until she repents & stops advocating the murder of children. Pray for her heart to be turned to God & away from the power of this world.”
Bishop Steven J. Lopes

LIVE | National Catholic Prayer Breakfast | September 14, 2021
Unity without truth is simply uniformity bound to fail. (Defending truth and the sanctity of human life is uncomfortable and "puts us on the edge" of political discourse.)

Our fundamental reverence for the sanctity of human life does not begin at birth, but nor does it end at the border. That's what it means to be Catholic(.)

Quoting Pius XI (Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio: 1922): "Public life is so enveloped, even at the present hour, by the dense fog of mutual hatreds and grievances that it is almost impossible for the common people so much as freely to breathe therein. [...] A much more serious and lamentable evil than these threats of external aggression is the internal discord which menaces the welfare not only of nations but of human society itself, [...] which like a cancer is eating away the vital forces of the social fabric, labor, industry, the arts, commerce, agriculture (and to this we must add the difference in contrasts between political parties, many of which do not actually originate in a real difference concerning public good or the search for what would be best to promote human welfare but simply the desire for power)."
You see the pope was calling out wokeism before we even had the word.

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