{"id":8994,"date":"2016-09-14T17:42:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T21:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/?p=8994"},"modified":"2016-09-15T07:38:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T11:38:10","slug":"its-catholic-to-defend-the-church-from-the-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/?p=8994","title":{"rendered":"It’s Catholic to Defend the Church From Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Royal has posted a powerful response to Francis’s abusing of the papal office by trying to change Church doctrine on Holy Communion.\u00a0 You can see it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr. Royal finds the whole thing ‘bizarre.’<\/p>\n

His is the kind of reaction that is as welcome as it is helpless.\u00a0 In the battle for the Faith during FrancisEra there are two sides to the mainline faithful Catholic front, both reactive.\u00a0 When FrancisChurch burns down their houses and steals away their children, the Weigel side says, “Thanks,” and the Royal side says, “Hey, stop that you!”<\/p>\n

Royal closes his piece with a sort of flick of the tail:<\/p>\n

I say this in sorrow, but I\u2019m afraid that the rest of this papacy is now going to be rent by bands of dissenters, charges of papal heresy, threats of \u2013 and perhaps outright \u2013schism. Lord, have mercy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While it is lamentable that there is this fracturing going on, and it’s certainly an occasion to pray, it’s really perfectly natural since the faith is a living thing.\u00a0 The rest is just so much rot.\u00a0 If a blackness descends upon Rome, the children of light will pull back, go underground.<\/p>\n

Still the twisting and dancing on our side is spectacular, so to Dr. Royal I reply:<\/p>\n