Bishop Conry wins a Bash Street Kids lookalike competition.
Meanwhile, there is a climate of fear in the liberal wing
of the Catholic Church, as the realization
dawns that Pope Francis, despite his many unusual habits such as riding on
buses, washing the feet of Muslims, and telephoning random people to
sell them double-glazing bless them, is
in fact just as determined as Pope Benedict was to maintain orthodox
Catholic teaching on marriage, ordination, abortion, God, etc.
Let's telephone Hans Küng and tell him his car's been stolen.
As a result, the dissident group ACTOR (A Call To Outright Rebellion) is getting increasingly anxious that nobody cares tuppence what they have to say - apart from certain Tabletistas, who think they are wonderful. Also, in spite of the fact that they have a totally different name, people will insist on claiming that they are something to do with the discredited American organization CATOR (CAll To Outright Rebellion), which coincidentally believes in much the same things.
ACTOR has developed a hard-hitting plan of rebellion:
1. Refuse to use the new English liturgy, or get it wrong
on purpose. We'll say "The fellowship of the Holy Spirit" once more and watch the
Vatican tremble!
2. Refuse ever to face East during Mass, even if that means walking backwards
down the aisle and crashing into the altar.
3. Mention the Spirit of Vatican II on all possible occasions, and to justify
anything we want to justify. For example, In line with the Spirit of
Vatican II, we should hand out "morning-after pills" to the girl guides.
A "Spirit of Vatican II" deaconess, in home-made biretta.
And now the Resistance leaders have a brilliant idea: find a bishop who is well known for taking a casual attitude to the pronouncements of the Magisterium, and get him to approve meetings of ACTOR in his diocese. "Kieran, this is your big chance! If we can kick out the chaps at the Vatican, or at least dispose of the Nuncio, then any bishop on our side will be in line for promotion to Archbishop! Perhaps even Cardinal! What do you say?"
How will Kieran respond? Will he say Vade retro, Satana!? Well no, as Latin brings him out in spots... but he will wish to keep the rebels at ACTOR at arm's length. Won't he?
A Pope Francis lookalike in training for the rebellion.
Is the Pope lookalike Aleksey Sale?
ReplyDeleteNow, now Eccles don't give Bishop Kieran all the credit for fostering ecumenical relations with heretics. Down the road in Plymouth, thanks to 'A collaboration between the local ACTA group, Torbay Deanery and the Vicariate for Formation' Bishop Christopher's flock will have the opportunity to partake of 'Vatican 2 and You' next month.
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I shall be shimmying down to Plymouth myself, as Farver Arfur has offered me a lift (having brought me home from the Coven's holiday caravan in Abersoch and being conveniently moored on the side of the Manchester Ship Canal, in his boat "The Saucy Seascout").
Delete13 of us are planning to sail down to Plymouth, where, as a bunch of 7ft tall ancient witches with a rich fantasy life we expect to fit right in. Now that's what I call an Apostolate of the Laity.
Latest news is a well-known Catholic traditionalist society has hired the services of ACTA to sue The Novus Ordo Vatican for counterfeit catholicism and fraudulent hawking (or should we say "tweeting"?) of indulgences
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