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Thursday, July 22, 2004

Scandals and Prophecy 

In the wake of the sex abuse scandal and now the "To deny or Not to deny" controversy, I am reminded of a prophesy given to nun in Akita, Japan in the 70's:
 
"The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops."
 
The denial of the Eucharist controversy in particular is bringing this to light. We have some bishops like Archbishop Burke saying clearly that prominent, pro-choice politicians should be denied Communion. We have some bishops who lean in this direction. Then on the other side we have Cardinal McCarrick saying that he is uncomfortable in using the Eucharist in this manner. There are also many bishops who are in this camp.
 
Is this issue coming to a head? Will it precipitate some sort of division in the Church(gasp schism?)? Only time will tell. One thing is certain, we need to pray for our priests and bishops.
Posted by: Dan Jasmin / 11:33 AM

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