Thursday 22 February 2018

DILEMMAS for the Faithful. #3

Ecumenical "Mass". In Brazil, two Protestant "bishops", one female, join in the consecration [around the 50 min mark], to save the planet inspired by Laudato Si


This video is 90mins in length. A better option may be to read the article on this "mass"

https://www.facebook.com/RomariaDaTerraDoRS/videos/1525481930899661/



The article about this event is here: http://lanuovabq.it/it/in-brasile-consacrano-anche-le-vescovesse
The article translated to English is below.

In Brazil they also consecrate the "bishoprics"

Brazil. An event called the procession of the earth. In the sign of Laudato Sì and promoted by the Brazilian Episcopal Conference. But during the Mass, there are also two Protestant "bishoprics" to consecrate.
In the past few days, the 41st edition of the " Romaria da Terra ", ie the procession of the earth, took place in Brazil. Under the title of " Women earth. Resistance, care and diversity ". It is an event organized by the Pastoral Land Commission of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference, and is addressed, of course, above all to the campesinos, to the peasants. It counts on the support of the Bishops' Conference of Rio Grande do Sur, of the Landless Rural Workers Movement, and of the municipal prefecture of Pontão.
It has been held for many years , and naturally in these times, after the encyclical Laudato Sì , the themes of defending nature, paying attention to it and to the work that is dedicated to it has taken on an even greater emphasis.
Very well. But perhaps the organizers were swept away by enthusiasm , and so were the many bishops present. Because as you can see from the photograph, during the Mass, at the time of the consecration, which took place in the concelebration, in addition to Catholic bishops and prelates, there are also - alongside Roman obedience colleagues - two Protestant bishoprics, one of which, in the foreground, with the raised hand, like the other priests and bishops, "consecrates" bread and wine.
Now, the problem is that this did not happen in the enclosed chapel of a monastery, in front of a few close friends. It happened in front of a crowd, which, as you can see in the video , participated in the Romaria . People who have returned to their homes convinced that it is completely normal for ladies dressed as bishops to attend a Catholic mass, and even consecrate themselves, like their bishop and their priests. So what's the difference? We are not all children of God, which moreover is not even Catholic.
In addition to the two Protestant bishops, they were around the altar : Bishop Donizetti (auxiliary bishop of Porto Alegre); Archbishop Romulo (bishop of Montenegro); Archbishop Adilson Busin (auxiliary bishop of Porto Alegre); Mons. Alessandro Ruffinoni (bishop of Caxias do Sul); Mons. Rodolfo Weber (archbishop of Passo Fundo); Msgr. Jacinto Bergmann (archbishop of Pelotas); Archbishop Jaime Kohl (bishop of Osório); the local parish priest and a deacon.
If this is the fruit, or the first fruits , of the doctrinal and pastoral decentralization of the Church we are well placed. It can be said that perhaps Brazil is a special case, because there is the card. Hummes, great organizer of the election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio in the 2013 Conclave; the same one that is successfully pushing the operation to bring the probi viri in 2019, during the Synod on the Amazon (as the prefect for the Clergy, cardinal Beniamino Stella, made clear). And consequently the Brazilians, who send very unique apostolic visits to the Heralds of the Gospel, can concelebrate with women bishops ... But there are also those who have the face to affirm, without blushing, that the confusion in the Church is the fault of those who are perplexed by innovations.

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