This might just be the thing that gets me off the blogging bench. This is so over the top I cannot resist. Sorry for the length but I did find all the correct citations from the documents he was alleging to cite so you don’t have to. At best he’s never read them and at worst he just thought you’d never check .
Quick background in case you’re one of the few who haven’t heard…This tale comes from the Diocese of Charlotte, which had booming vocations and a Catholic population that doubled in size under Bishop Jugis’ care. He retired due to health issues and Bishop Martin was appointed. Martin obviously thinks that overhauling one of the dioceses with the best growth stats is the way to go. While the wisest would probably be studying this diocese and using it as a model, Bishop Martin is enough of a narcissist to think the opposite.
Before I get into this…
First, this has apparently been shelved in its entirety at this point. Also, you can tell it was written when Pope Francis was still around. I think Pope Leo is also an unknown to them and they were afraid there wouldn’t be backing. If Bishop Martin were comfortable that he’d have Vatican backing, I’m sure he would have done it despite the protests. Lastly, this has ++Cupich Inc. all over it. I almost feel sorry for some of these bishops. They don’t understand they are the stooge that’s being used to float the insane. “We’ll let Martin try it. If he can get it through in Charlotte, we don’t have to worry about looking stupid.” Sorry, that would happen regardless.
So let’s look at this amazing piece of stupid. I mean, seriously, he was going for broke with this one. I’m sure he’s mighty upset it was leaked.
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