Friday, June 5, 2015

Cardinal Dolan Driven Out of NYC by Radtrads?

Edit: color me incredulous, but I doubt the Remnant and the concerned citizens of Mother Church had much to do with it. Cardinal Dolan HAD been critical of Pope Francis in past. We'll see

Anyway, it's fascinating and a bit unprecedented. It's rare indeed that a Cardinal is forced into retirement.

Update: I guess this is satire. Wishful thinking...

[Remnant] Apparently the latest prelate to bite the dust in a contest of parochial will is Cardinal Archbishop Timothy Dolan. He has resigned in submission according to Canon 401, Article 2 in the Code of Canon Law in an April 21 statement, released at noon local time. It was a great blow to liberal neo-Catholics and especially saddened the New York sodomitical community who are active in five Manhattan parishes. Cardinal Dolan was isolated, targeted and ultimately brought down by a militant “Rad-Trad” group who sponsored an open Letter to Pope Francis demanding the Cardinal Archbishop’s replacement. The Letter addressed to the Pope appeared in the New York Times and was signed by 1,000 prominent Catholics from across the Five Boroughs. Cardinal Dolan a favorite of the Democrat Liberal politicians for not interfering with abortion and gay marriage legislation was seen by the conservative traditionalists as a doctrinal sell-out for favors from his leftist friends in high places.

Article 2 of Canon 401, according to the Vatican’s website, refers to a situation when “a diocesan bishop who has become less able to fulfill his office because of ill health or some other grave cause is earnestly requested to present his resignation from office.” Cardinal Dolan’s resignation will take effect immediately, and although he will still be a Cardinal, he will no longer lead a diocese. It is up to Pope Francis to choose his successor. The brief Vatican statement gave no word as to what Cardinal Dolan will do following his resignation.

Cardinal Dolan came to New York with some unsettled sex scandal baggage he picked up in Milwaukee but, depositions were taken and it appears things have settled down in that regard. The lawyers deposing Cardinal Dolan represent hundreds of people who say they were sexually molested by priests in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, which he led for seven years before his appointment as archbishop of New York in 2009. The lawyers want to know when Cardinal Dolan, as archbishop of Milwaukee, learned of allegations against certain priests, and how quickly he made those allegations public.

Link to Remnant....

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

What is the point of this post? If satire, it's not done well. There is too much REAL news that is bad and yet this post is put up. Why not comment on what is really happening like Cardinal Kasper's scandalous interview last night on EWTN or what is going on in Philadelphia.

Murray said...

Pretty sure it's satirizing the Cordileone fuss.

Tancred said...

Oh, are they doing "satire" now?

Not Amused said...

No such link exists. I loathe satire.

Anonymous said...

Too bad it's just a joke. But they're late. April Fools Day was two months ago.

Tancred said...

The link was fine.

Anon said...

I stll loathe satire.

Barnum said...

Wow, you really put everyone in the picture, Murray. Kudos!

Great satire, Tancred!

Anonymous said...

The link is good. Once there, scroll down to the comment posted by the moderator:

"Remnant Newspaper Mod • 11 hours ago
Yes this is Allium Cepa which is Latin for onion. But the point is the archdiocese of New York has now had to confirm to several inquiring news agencies that this Remnant article is a prank."

Hahaha!

Unknown said...

I love satire! Keep it up!!

Barnum said...

Thanks for the update! Life DOES again imitate art! The crowd is rolling in the aisles, our precious Dolanino entertains,..