Comments on: Open thread 11/13/23 https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/#comment-2708552 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:13:26 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=130305#comment-2708552 From a Catholic radio host, Terry Barber, the now-deposed Bishop Strickland told him that the papal nuncio said to him,

‘Look, the Holy Father is watching you. You need to stop talking about the deposit of faith. There is no deposit of faith.’”

“Well, you can imagine how shocking that is to hear a nuncio say there’s no deposit of faith, because if you don’t believe in the deposit of faith, you’re not Catholic,” continued Barber. “That’s not just my opinion. That’s the Church teaching.”

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/terry-barber-reveals-us-nuncio-cardinal-pierre-told-bishop-strickland-there-is-no-deposit-of-faith/

]]> By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/#comment-2708549 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:47:15 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=130305#comment-2708549 Thanks AesopFan. Yes, we got the all clear about 12:40 our time, so it all lasted a little over four hours. We couldn’t leave our floors. Elevators were off and the stairwell doors were locked. That was a bit spooky, but otherwise OK.

And I’ll chime in on the whole Catholic thing. Conservatives are on the defensive – at least with the church hierarchy. Our Cardinal has mused out loud about not allowing the Latin Mass to be performed here, which upsets me on many levels including the practical. When I go to any given church on a Sunday it’s about half full. When I do make it into the city to attend the Latin Mass at St John Cantius Church I have to get there early to make sure I get a seat. Truly standing room only and one sees a lot of young people with families! So, naturally we need to do away with that.

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/#comment-2708534 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 07:47:54 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=130305#comment-2708534 I’m rooting for the Roman Catholic Church.

Surely the Second Coming is at hand. 🙂

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/#comment-2708533 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 07:35:56 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=130305#comment-2708533 AesopFan:

You might post a bit more as a teaser:
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Pope Francis has officially sacked Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas for being “way too Catholic.”

“Despite repeated warnings, Bishop Strickland refused to stop being so Catholic,” said Pope Francis. “He adamantly held firm to Catholic doctrine, and there is simply no room for that in today’s Catholic Church.”
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I’m reminded of this memorable bit from “Small Dead Animals” upon Pope Benedict’s election in 2005:
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Verdict On Pope: “Too Catholic”

The disappointment in the voices of the anchors during CTV
news coverage was palpable. One got the sense they were
hoping for an upset, and a politically correct “progressive”
papal election angle to pursue. “The new pope, Wang Chung
One, the first from China, standing alongside his same-sex
partner as he appeared on the balcony at the Vatican,
introducing himself to a billion Catholics by declaring a
woman’s right to chooooooose… well, Lloyd, this is a
turning point for the Church…”

–Kate McMillan (Candadian artist and blogger)

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/#comment-2708525 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 06:46:35 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=130305#comment-2708525 The Pixels of Record strike again.
https://babylonbee.com/news/pope-francis-fires-bishop-for-being-too-catholic

]]> By: AesopFan https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/#comment-2708520 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 06:03:38 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=130305#comment-2708520 @ Mike Plaiss – I hope you wrote those last 2 comments from home and are not still stuck in your office by the protesters!

]]> By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/#comment-2708499 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 02:43:12 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=130305#comment-2708499 And yes llana,

As Rufus said,
God bless your family and keep your sons safe!

]]> By: huxley https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/#comment-2708473 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:00:10 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=130305#comment-2708473 Just saw this link re IDF getting help from fed-up Gazans.

West TX Intermediate Crude:

It’s so hard to say.
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I Want to Believe

–poster in Fox Mulder’s office, “The X-Files”
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I’m sure there are some.

]]> By: Rufus T. Firefly https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/#comment-2708469 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:22:46 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=130305#comment-2708469 llana,

God bless your family and keep your sons safe!

]]> By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2023/11/13/open-thread-11-13-23/#comment-2708461 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 23:37:37 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=130305#comment-2708461 Not that I’m an expert, but that certainly rings true to me. Plenty of informed people are confident that Hamas rules by fear and really are hated by many Gazans. As they lose their grip on control it could all slip away from them very quickly. But of course that is what I want to believe. So there’s that to consider.

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