On Bishop Strickland and Filial Obedience to the Pope 

Whatever you do, never take away that instrumental at the beginning of the video.

God bless you and your family

Very good reflections, CT. Thanks.

great take

Thanks for this. Im in agreement with you on this. I just wish more people online would discern more carefully how they speak about these issues especially when it involves criticism of the PF.

Strickland said he didn't know what the sede part of the letter was about. I guess he wasn't forceful enough? We're called to interpret the Pope charitably, but also Bishops as their position is also royal and sacred by virtue of being successors to the apostles, and saying he cited that letter approvingly is misleading when a charitable interpretation of Strickland's words and actions would suggest otherwise. He just recently said "I thought it was important to share because of the confusion. I don’t want to accuse the Holy Father of anything, but the world is confused." and also " *The Petrine office is woven into the life of the Church* - sedevacantists and all of that, that’s ridiculous. I mean, we don’t need another Protestant Reformation. We need a stronger Catholic Church." I don't see what the problem is.

I grant the point that the Pope isn't answerable in the way a liberal democratic politician would be. But I don't get the sense you really pay enough attention to the fact there is a profound crisis in the Church and the neomodernist problems are so diffused through Her in a way that it makes difficult to even look at this instance of + Strickland being deposed and think of it even in they way you're talking about. You're talking about traditional ecclesiology but seemingly leaving aside the fact neomodernist near heresy has completed permeated the Church for decades. So I agree with *and* disagree with you in aspects. It is getting harder and harder to take the "Padre Pio" option people like Lofton would have us do while the worldliness continues to increase. There is a profound sense of scandal to the point where people are leaving in droves to the Orthodox, etc. Meekness and humility are needed. So sometimes is firm action. Think St Catherine of Sienna. Probably at a local level rather than attacking directly the Pope (unless a directly evil command like St Thomas stipulates). I do believe Pope Francis has issued evil commands. Does saying so make me Martin Luther? It is all too easy to say so and that's what people on the "other side" routinely do when "we" feel like we are pointing out the obvious. Very frustrating.

Hi classical theist

I agree with certain things you say, and others I don't. But just a question..what are we to do if the Pope says no more hierarchy and that the Church is now a democracy, instead of a monarchy? Do we listen? Oh, but wait, he's the Pope..what he says, goes. +++

So glad that I'm Orthodox and dont have to worry about this. Sorry to the faithful in the Roman church though

Strickland is not a Catholic Bishop, he is a Vatican2 Bishop. Totally different churches.

Lmao modern christianity is humiliatingly cringe.