Another bishop with backbone! This time in Canada. Bishop Nicola De Angelis of Peterborough, Ontario, has removed a priest from his parish because he expressed support for the ordination of women. At least that’s what the newspaper says. My guess is that this was the final straw and that there’s a whole lot more wrong with the priest that isn’t said.
An Eastern Ontario Catholic priest has been stripped of his duties for suggesting women could someday become priests. Rev. Edward Cachia “can no longer be relied upon to celebrate the Eucharist within the Church as Christ intended,” states a letter from Peterborough Diocese Bishop Nicola De Angelis. Cachia served at St. Michael’s parish in Cobourg. Following an unofficial ordination of nine women on a tour boat on the St. Lawrence River near Kingston in July, Cachia told the Cobourg Daily Star that he hoped the ceremony was “the beginning of a new and awesome change in the life of the church.”
The reason stated by Bishop DeAngelis is a pretty strong one and could be used in many, many cases here in the US. Would that more bishops had the courage to take the necessary steps to ensure that the faithful receive the unadulterated Gospel and can worship “within the Church as Christ intended.”
That’s pretty funny!
Yay!
The cafeteria is closed (or at at least it’s beginning to shut down)!
You may be right in your post below, Dom, that this shouldn’t have to happen, but I thank God that it happened there and I pary that this is going to turn into a trend.
If the laity took up Bishop De Angelis’ criteria for the validity of the Mass and Euchrist, a lot of Catholics would realize that they are bowing to just bread on Sunday morning. Which means they are practicing idolatry. It really is quite a powerful statement he has made. I wonder if it will be taken up or just left to molder in an archive?
Carrie,
Bishop De Angelis did not say anything about the validity of the Mass. The validity of the Mass does not depend on the state of the priest’s soul. It is blasphemy for the priest to say Mass in the state of mortal sin, but it does not effect the validity of the Mass. If a priest committed a mortal sin and said Mass, the Mass is valid.
And a good thing too Father Ethan or we would have been in real trouble over the last 40 yers .. he he
V. Cool. Esp since I’m going to see U2 this Monday! Say what you will about Bono. To me he’s using his fame for something worthwhile, not some reality fake “is this tuna or chicken” show. The boy actually really does have a clue about what he’s saying, he’s not just up there prattling about someone elses’ charity or cause. He’s the one actually making the difference.