Gabby Dy-Liacco

Pope Francis, speaking to leaders of the Roman Curia, warns them against “fear, rigidity, monotony”, falling into ideological positions & repeating what has always been done. He says those who work in the church’s central administration may need to “rekindle the embers under the ashes of the church”.

If a priest is cruel, rude, or verbally abusive in confession, you can walk away. You don’t need to explain yourself, tell him what you’re doing or any such thing. A person who comes to a priest in the sacrament of reconciliation is in a very vulnerable position and it is imperative that a priest respect that.

Catholic religious order to pay $2.9 million in sex abuse settlement. Carmelite clergyman repeatedly sexually assaulted high school boy for 4 years. chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-…

🎙️After the Vatican synod: what happens next?🎙️ Myriam Wijlens, #synod23 adviser, talks about: **The "struggle" about the role of women & female deacons **Why local churches don't need to wait for Rome before implementing synodal reforms podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chris…

@austeni @CPeaks1987 I see many norms cited in the official document.

@CPeaks1987 press.vatican.va/content/salast…

More tosh. The pope has every canonical right to remove a bishop for administrative reasons, and usually does not make public those reasons in order not to humiliate him. Benedict XVI and John Paul II did exactly the same.

Sacked @BishStrickland says 2 years ago nuncio to US asked him not to keep claiming to defend the deposit of the faith from the Pope. A week ago, nuncio read him “several pages of concerns” about his running of the diocese of Tyler, including refusal to implement papal decrees.

#PopeFrancis: "A Christian who is discontented, sad, dissatisfied, or worse still, resentful or rancorous, is not credible." Joy is essential for evangelization. "The Gospel makes you smile, because it touches your soul."

My article on the report on abuse in the Catholic Church in Switzerland. @civcatt_en @civcatt #CommittedToSafeguarding @iadc_unigre laciviltacattolica.com/the-report-on-…

@austeni @Synod_va Thanks Austen!

All the public docs of the October assembly of #synod2023 are very helpfully collected here: synod.va/en/highlights/… @Synod_va i.e. Fr Radcliffe talks, pope homilies & addresses, speeches by general relator, testimonials, theological inputs, homilies at Mas opening each module.

The Church of the Poor is a criterion of her authenticity —St Oscar Romero, 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978. Read/listen buff.ly/34ICPCO #StOscarRomero #Church #Authenticity

He does not impose himself

Halfway through synod Francis gives interview saying: “The Church has to change”. religiondigital.org/el_papa_de_la_…

The source of the “plague” of #childsexualabuse in the Church is the “traditional devaluation of children” & the mythical image of the #priest promoted by #PopeJohnPaulII: Dr Tom Doyle thetablet.co.uk/news/17759/del… @BDevlin1 @SpiritUnbounded @RootBranchSynod @RCsurvivors @marielco

Sexual abuse of children is Catholic church's existential threat. Big Rome powwow is for naught without massive strategy to locate, arrest and dismiss every predator. They are violating children right now. cathnews.com/2023/10/12/syn…

The month of October is also the month of the Rosary. I encourage you to set aside 30 minutes each day to pray the rosary. May the Virgin Mary intercede for the needs of the Church and for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.

BREAKING: In a departure from many diocesan policies on the topic, a new document from the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, stresses the first response to LGBTQ individuals should be "one of welcome, love, and respect." ncronline.org/node/255016

Instead of justice they receive sophisticated responses that obfuscate the fact that a man has committed a heinous crime, and instead appeal to the idea that the criminal is inherently superior to others and needs special care just because he is a priest.

Part of the problem seems to be, that people whom one would expect not to do so because they should know better, take matters into their own hands disregarding both norms and law.

A long overdue call to action. tutelaminorum.org/a-call-to-acti…

Victims are silenced... why? One of my guesses is because they call attention to the fact that a crime with dire consequences was committed and rightly demand justice.

And then the heinous crime of sexual abuse is reframed and explained away and an exclusively an "illness" and sin, drawing attention away from the crime against human dignity and humanity and refocusing sympathy on the brokenness of the offender.

@cwwhiteNCR Seems like this is what's done by people who think they can make up their own rules and these are more important than any other set of rules.

Despite Pope Francis' attempted media blackout of the synod, at least one synod delegate is still planning on giving interviews: