Category Archives: bishops

Escalation

Posted on 8 June 2023 by catholicsensibility

I see the Fort Worth War has intensified. The sisters have sic’ed the cops on Bishop Olson. The bishop posted pictures that reportedly show cannabis and equipment for smoking and cooking said controlled substance. It remains a bad look for … Continue reading →

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Scandal in Texas

Posted on 2 June 2023 by catholicsensibility

I see way more information in the press, like here, and in the secular news, here, than anyone probably needs to know. In the olden days, church sins were kept quiet, especially those of priests. Often enough, one never learned … Continue reading →

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Las Vegas, Moving On Up

Posted on 30 May 2023 by catholicsensibility

First it was hockey. Then the NFL. Now Pope Francis has elevated the city and its see to the status of archdiocese. Ordinaries of such a church will gain the privilege of wearing a pallium, like one of those on … Continue reading →

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On Inclusivity and Love

Posted on 1 February 2023 by catholicsensibility

Bishop Barron is a good guy who, I think, wants to be a better guy. He seems to struggle with the basics of synodality here.  Earlier today I posted a commentary on a friend’s social media stream along the following … Continue reading →

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My Second Bishop

Posted on 24 January 2023 by catholicsensibility

My sister told me the news Sunday night on my drive home that one of my favorite bishops has passed away. I overheard a few voices at the Newman Center the year he came to town. He was replacing a … Continue reading →

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Cardinal Pell Moves Forward

Posted on 11 January 2023 by catholicsensibility

Another well-known church figure has died and moves into eternal glory. Cardinal Pell has been the subject of a few bits on this site, mostly in the early to mid-2010s. He was part of a group of bishops that tinkered … Continue reading →

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It Was a Temporary Thing, After All

Posted on 18 December 2022 by catholicsensibility

My wife showed me the news piece last night of Frank Pavone being dismissed from Holy Orders. The reasons? Blasphemy and disobedience. (Which of the two is more serious, do you think?) I hadn’t remembered he had turned up so … Continue reading →

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Ecclesiastical Maps

Posted on 9 November 2022 by catholicsensibility

Move and merge. A bit to the south of me, I heard Bishop Robert Barron has scored a huge anonymous donation to acquire land and build a new pastoral center nearer the center of his Winona-Rochester diocese. Seems to me … Continue reading →

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The Worst of Times, The Worst of Times

Posted on 16 October 2022 by catholicsensibility

I see Pope Francis has extended the current stage of the universal synod. According to this secular note, this is what inspires the shift: limited participation by the laity and seeming resistance to his reforms from the hierarchy Some imperfect … Continue reading →

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Do They or Don’t They?

Posted on 12 October 2022 by catholicsensibility

An exchange about priests getting promoted to bishop on a social media site: Every good priest I know swears it’s the last thing on earth they desire. And they are rather vehement about hoping to avoid the burden. … From … Continue reading →

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Revival

Posted on 20 June 2022 by catholicsensibility

The three-year USCCB Eucharistic Revival began yesterday, or a bit earlier maybe. There’s a website already up. I noticed Notre Dame theologian Tim O’Malley suggesting catechesis alone isn’t going to cut it. His meme is a “Eucharistic culture.” The bishops … Continue reading →

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New Neighbor

Posted on 2 June 2022 by catholicsensibility

My wife, not Liam, not the whisperer, broke the news to me this morning. One of my favorite authors will be my new neighbor in Minnesota. Bishop Barron can strike the “auxiliary” from his office; he’s to be in charge … Continue reading →

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Red Hat to California

Posted on 29 May 2022 by catholicsensibility

So, a California bishop gets a red hat, and he’s not an arch. A social media friend asked, “Is he liberal? Conservative? Pastoral? Rigid?” I responded that he appears reasonable and he listens. Plus, the Catholic Right have already labelled … Continue reading →

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Membership Privileges Revoked

Posted on 24 May 2022 by catholicsensibility

While no one objects that a bishop has the power to excommunicate, or even in some cases put a parish or community under interdict, the question a lot of people are asking is this: is it a prudent move? I … Continue reading →

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What Should The Pope Emeritus Do?

Posted on 1 February 2022 by catholicsensibility

It’s been a few days since an unsurprising negative report published on mishandling abusers in Germany’s München archdiocese. That a diocese would uncover priests behaving badly? This happens. That the usual methodologies would surface: secrecy, reassignment, lather, rinse, repeat? Also … Continue reading →

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