He is a failure as a bishop, priest, even as a man of God. My parish priest, who is very close to the bishop, uses the bishop as a threat. He is complicit in covering up for homosexual predators. : is the pro-gay presence at St. Francis of Assisi and Out at St. Pauls. He not as Orthodox as I wish he should be. James Martin. I believe our bishop to be a micromanager and overbearing in his wants and directives. Tido needs to stop playing chuckles the clown, and get serious about the faith, and liturgy. Actions dont support. Trautman (retired) has great influence & is a dissenter. Had complete trust until he removed a priest who stated he was innocent and had an accusation from a woman 45 years ago. He (The Bishop) went ballistic. Pope Benedict XVI named him auxiliary bishop of Miami, June 21, 2005 and he was ordained to the episcopacy, August 24, 2005 at the Cathedral of St. Mary, Miami. I was there at his town hall meeting at Our Lady of Grace. The recent listening sessions were a sham. Hurley has history of involvement in cover-up of sexual abuse by clergy, and of relocating abusive priests. He frets about climate change, racism, and Trumps effort to protect the country. I was dismissed from Deacon formation in my 4th year due to upholding traditional marriage, and denouncing homosexual priests promoting their agendas. But nothing terribly great in a time when simple orthodoxy is a clear break from the norm. How could anyone trust a bishop who invited the Jesuit Martin to speak. Im not sure that hes Catholic/believes in the teachings of the Catholic Church. ) When the scandal broke last summer I emailed my bishop to get a response from him got nothing. He recommended reading Amoris Laetitia bad. Isnt outspoken for orthodoxy, but has also never made a heretical public statement. Barry Knestout was a secretary for Cardinal McCarrick for several years. You list Broglio as a bishop in DC? He remains fairly orthodox. While sometimes Bishop Baber says he will clean house, he still seems to be following a similar stance as our Church itself; perhaps just stalling. More concerned with a variety of prudential judgement issues than the manifest evil of abortion and the Democratic officeholders that promote it. You cannot both conform to modern society and witness Christ. Much different than accompanying those with homosexual tendencies.. He urged the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria to make copies available to all Catholic politicians. Pope Francis appointee who is no friend to the traditional community. I think its a battle for him because we get so many transplanted northerners who are saturated in liberal NO teaching and he can be criticized. Bishop Dewane doesnt live in the City of Venice where Epiphany Cathedral is located. The political left is so powerful in NYC and so corrupt. Im praying he will invite a Traditional order, like the Fraternal Society of St. Peter or the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest to the Space Coast. I am most suspicious because he surrounds himself with people who are overly and needlessly protective of him. Its the illegal population infiltrating our Catholic schools and then wants us to pick up the tab. The Holy Father appointed him bishop of Orlando on October 23, 2010, and his . Hes a homosexual. Uses profanity, Bi-Polar, mean! God bless Bishop Olson! AB Naumann was refusing communion to Kathleen Sebilius over a decade ago and stands behind his priest who refused entry to a gay family into arch diocesan school. Bishop Serratelli is a scripture scholar and, judging from the homilies Ive heard him deliver and his columns in The Beacon, he is always orthodox. A clone of Francis. (Courtesy Florida Catholic) According to a remembrance written in 2016 by Renae Bennett, diocesan archivist, "During his visit, Bishop Borders mentioned to the pope that he was the 'bishop of the moon.'. I love his podcasts and I feel he has our best interests at heart. I only have one concern with the Diocese and that is Funds going to the Vatican and what they are used for. My only complaint is that he wont allow any priest to celebrate Mass ad orientum because it lacks unity. Refused to believe sexual accusations deemed credible by law enforcement. Cover ups, etc. I have no doubt he has been at least tacitly complicit over the years. Im afraid of the leniency shown concerning those actively living in mortal sin situations, especially in their receiving of the Holy Eucharist. Nothing mentioned about the homosexual culture in the clergy. There are plenty of parallels between newly appointed Bishop John Noonan and his predecessor, Thomas Wenski. GLENDA MEEKINS | FC Lunar New Year Video It is the night before the first day of the lunar calendar and the Vietnamese community of St. Philip Phan Van Minh prepared to ring in the ne I no longer attend the local Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop Wilton Gregory is an abhorrent example of everything wrong with the hierarchy of the Church today. He is supporting a no opting out Sex Ed class at our local high school. Charismatic, he puts up a good front, learning well from his predecessors. My main recent for distrust is the social justice stance and the absolute silence regarding the current crisis. Leans to the left but does so with charity. He never takes a stand like other bishops to preserve our faith. He punishes his opposition, His positions on immigration, soda tax, opposition to intelligent design being added to curriculum, lack of action regarding Euthanasia Bill currently in legislature and general lack of public opposite, I only trust Jesus and I pray for all Priest. Must be totally transparent and publish online ALL pedophile priest files. Has not allowed the FSSP to come into the diocese even though they offered. Probably Orthodox but cowardly and unwilling to stick his neck out against the majority of liberal/apostate bishops. Needs to stand up for the faith better and be more vocal about it. I am sick of all of this heresy and I want every single, solitary homosexual priest and lesbian nun to be eliminated from their positions in the Catholic Church. Our bishop is halfhearted in communicating the horror of the clergy abuse. . He kept McCarrick at the North American Seminary knowing about his sex abuse cases! Lousy leader. Good man, been very open about the crisis. I think Blase Cupich is complicit in several cover-ups for high ranking Church officials. More Protestant than Catholic. A faithful, brilliant Catholic whos trying his best to bolster the faith of everyday Catholics while demonstrating best practices to fellow bishops. Hes a tyrant! He supports the Tridentine mass. To focused on immigration. Has allowed a Parish to be strictly Extraordinary Form. Many priests, bishops, and even Cardinals need to be removed. Its concerning that our Diocese has made no effort to provide the faithful with a dedicated traditional Latin Mass. His policy on sexual abuse is commendable. 11K views, 122 likes, 39 loves, 11 comments, 204 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Diocese of Orlando: EASTER MASS ON TV: Join Bishop John Noonan in worship on WFTV Channel 9 on April 12th at. Brandt came from Erie. He invited Fr Martin to speak in his diocese 4 times. At our most recent confirmation Bishop Guglielmone left the altar for his homily and talked to the confirmands about the horrors of gun violence and manmade global warming. All he wants is more money. Hes a politician bp. Ordained to priesthood in the Missionaries of Faith A total phony. He has encouraged 4 men to begin a Carmelite hermitage and ordaining 2 of them in the Latin Mater Dei church this summer. Allows far too much liturgical abuse and bad theology to exist. Silent on the GAY priest predation crisis (or complicit with it). A prayerful man, but not a good administrator. He is not a Shepard. Spalding is aware of grave liturgical abuse at St. Stephen parish, yet has failed to correct the problem; likewise, hes done nothing about the scandalously homosexual Fr. Is afraid of his priests. Silent on abortion (or complicit with it). Not very friendly when a group of us met with him. Where is the courage!? President of the CBCN and Archbishop of Benin-City, Archbishop Augustine Obiora Akubeze, made the call on Saturday in an address during the Bishops interaction with Catholic politicians of the Province of Onitsha in Enugu at the ongoing CBCN second plenary. Is more interested in his bilingual ministries than his whole flock. He is a blatant careerist. His loss of priests & seminarians is at a high. Pope John Paul II conferred the title of monsignor upon Reverend John Noonan on October 22, 2001. Best bishop Ive ever experienced. I wouldnt believe him if his tongue came notarized! The way things are run in my parish it is hard to trust any Bishop. DO NOT MISLEAD YOUR FLOC. It is hard to know his position on anything. He is wonderful! We are blessed to have one of the best bishops in the United States here in Portland, Oregon. He says he follows the pope when asked for clarity on AL. Cardinal Wuerl should be thrown in jail. He thinks he is supposed to be changing the secular order and thereby neglects his flock. Ordination to the Priesthood! | Bishop John Noonan Ordains - Facebook Peter & Paul with a man hostile to TLM adherents there; told Fr. Things had become so gay that the pope sent Weurl out to clean it up! Has allowed & personally welcomed Fr. He is new and just started so I dont have much knowledge of him . However, quickly condemns the students at the pro-life march. Like so many, he talks a good game but there is a distinct lack of follow through. He sent two good, orthodox priests to St. Lukes soon after his arrival as bishop of Little Rock. Not too impressed with priests hes in charge of. He is very liberal, The archdiocese is The Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Archbishop Wester lives in Albuquerque as have the past four archbishops of Santa Fe, Albuquerque is part of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe , not its own, The fact that he supports AUSCP and James Martin are really concerning. He has also invited Fr. Our bishop was complicit with the cover-ups. I do not trust him. Just another scumbag who is either a homosexual himself or lacks the courage to call it out. Bishop Raica has a proven history of recently allowing a known sexual abuser priest and Bishop Lynch operates in our diocese. Wish we could kick him out. Lunar New Year: Harmony, peace, unity - thefloridacatholic.org http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2018/01/09/texas-archbishop-gustavo-garcia-siller-forces-traditional-nuns-out-of-san-antonio/. He did though release the info to the press. Start naming Bishops and Arch Bishops that should have been charged with sex abuse. Huge ego, wont tolerate being questioned, The Bishops handling of the Father Valenti case has created a lot of distrust in my household and church. Im not sure about trust. He has removed personal property from his priests. Worcester Massachusetts Bishop McManus is a great man who preaches against abortion . On board w child protection from sex abuse. Church of Nice. He knows and believes what the church teaches. I believe him to be less of a shepherd and more of an authoritarian. We dont really know him yet. He isnt out spoken enough in regards the homosexual goings on within our church. The few times I ever saw him he was cold and not very friendly at all very cold not what I would saw is a true Bishop! All he cares about is $$$$, Would not allow altar rail to be put back in a church (pastor requested), Was not empathetic or reasonable concerning church closures. Not on board with his attitude on LGBTQ. No substance. He was supposed to save the archdiocese from the rot of Cardinal Mahoney. Bishop Michael J. Sheridan is always in line with church teaching and is on the side of Christ. However he does not speak up enough and he has priest in the diocese that need to be reined in. Former Cardinals secretary with next to no pastoral experience. We no longer donate $$. He is vandalizing the Cathedral by removing the altar rail. Records of past cases of sexual abuse by priests are available. Disappointing. More TLM friendly than Cdl. He is working hard to protect the defenseless, teach the faith and unleash the Gospel. He is an awful. William Donald Borders was the first Moon Bishop. He has done a lot in our diocese regarding the scandals but he is very much against Latin Mass. Regarding the Bishop appeal if the parish does not come up the amount he just takes it away from the weekly, A bit watered down theology.too touchy feely. Regarding Archbishop Samuel Aquilas theology and orthodoxy, he is trustworthy on those matters. Not sure hes as traditional as he lets people believe he is, or whether hes playing both sides. Complicity Clergy recently invited people to respond to a simple survey asking two questions: On the question of trust, people could respond with one of the following options (each assigned a point value): On the question of orthodoxy, individuals were invited to award their bishop with one to five stars, each with a corresponding point value. While I could wish that he would encourage ad orientum and foster more FSSP parishes and make more noise about the evil among the bishops, he seems OK. I dont think I could say anything that you didnt already know, Absolutely silent on the moral teachings of the Catholic Church regarding human sexuality. My Bishop hasnt said anything about the current problems in the Church and I feel lost. He is vindictive and threatening & uses his position against his own clergy. Feel there is only one agenda with our bishop and that is immigration and its with tunnel vision. Led not by the Holy Spirit but rather an attorney shouting objection and a very poor memory. He is either complicit or a being played a fool by homosexuals in the clergy. He is against Texas Right to Life. Worked with McCarrick for 6 months before he was appointed bishop and said he did know about McCarricks abuse but I dont believe him, The Byzantine rite what was fortunately protected from modernism during the second Vatican council. All praise and thanks be to God for Archbishop Cordileone. His character and actions have been questioned in both +Vigans testimony and Richard Sipes documents. He needs to man up. He hasnt made any strong statements or courageous statements that testify to the unique and dominant role that the Catholic Church and Her teachings have, but he hasnt spouted heresy. That helps. They chose him. Eliminate staging of abuse by nuns and sr laity as well. He has barred pro-abortion Politicians, who claim to be Catholic, from receiving Holy Communion in the Diocese of Springfield. Bring back BV. Any bishop who claims to be a disciple of Daniel Buechelein is a problem. They are destroying the Catholic Church and the Teachings of Jesus Christ. Voted wrong in November in Baltimore on unsealing the file on McCarrick per Romes request. Has allowed TLM and even hosts a TLM community at Cathedral. I would very much appreciate a Bishop Strickland approach to our current challenges. Cupich is an evil man, an enemy of Christ and His Church. His vicar general Jay Baker I distrust more. Bishop Burbidge keeps us well informed and is very hands on within our diocese. No objections to James Martin speaking at Sacred Heart Church which is also host to a dissident gay group In Gods Image. I believe that he plays it safe when sometimes I really wish he would be more outspoken, but he is trying to be prudent in a very difficult assignment. If a bishop is not listed, they did not receive any survey responses. He has supported gay affirming ministries in the diocese as well as their participating in the pride parade. A few of us requested the Latin Mass and he sent us first year priest who says the Latin Mass. I find his leaning towards Democratic Party issues and silence and failure to engage on the moral teachings of the church deeply troubling and difficult to accept. My concern is with his upper Administration of the Schools. Conservative and a great shepherd to his flock. Hes been answering questions that the lay faithful have, and has thumbs up from me. He accommodates/tolerates/fears the LBGTQ(etc) community. Im not complaining.