Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Marko Rupnik to participate in the Great Synod
In an unusual exercise of papal authority, Pope Francis has appointed the distinguished artist
Fr Marko Rupnik (sometimes referred to as "Master of the Pope's Art", "The Artist Laureate", and
"My Pal Marko who does those weird paintings") to the Secret Synod on Synodality.
From the Synod web page. Unusually, for a Rupnik, every person here has exactly two eyes.
Rupnik has of course been much in the news for his highly original activities, unsuitable
for listing on a family blog that is read by nuns, children and Cardinal "TouchMe" Fernández.
But since the Pope has also appointed Messrs. Zanchetta, Grassi, Barros and McCarrick to the distinguished
membership of the synod, there is no danger of Maestro Marko feeling lonely.
It has coincidentally also been decided that the synod will be held behind
closed doors, with just the occasional news bulletin to tell us what has
been decided. Will it be lesbian priests? Transgender bishops (in addition to the ones we have already)?
A banning of the Vernacular Mass to match the banning of the Latin Mass? Place your bets now.
We shall not see much of what is going on at the synod.
Some critics are unhappy with the favour shown to Marko Rupnik, but the great man is sure to offer the Church many new insights on sexual relations. Anyway, in the words of the "Where Pacha Is" blog
- Pope Francis is always right, even when he's wrong.
In fact, it's thought that Pope Francis, having tormented the faithful with Amoris Laetitia, Traditionis Custodes,
and much else, is running out of ways to stamp his personality on the Catholic Church, and this was
the best he could do.
Well, the ground's in tip-top condition, and we can look forward to some first-rate
synodal sport in the next few weeks. Let's finish off with one of my favourite paintings
(from the Rupnik exhibition currently being held in the Ivereigh Gallery, Little-Scribbler-on-the-Moan).
The drunken custard-pie addict and his optically-challenged friends are back!
Thank you so much for this good news in our otherwise bleakly bleak synodically synodical pre-synod days.
ReplyDeleteAfter the Synod on Synodality, can we look forward to a Meeting on Meetingliness, a Gathering on Gatheration, a Conference on Conferencing and perhaps an assembly on assembality? Not much chance of a Convention on conventionality though.
ReplyDeleteYes. Very true.
DeleteMore likely a Clericality on Clericalism, a Cover-Up on Cover-Ups, and an Impositionality of Liberality.
DeleteThat last 'picture' is quite unusual. Siamese twins joined in the eye.
ReplyDeleteJesuits got to Jesuit, one supposes.
ReplyDeleteI am waiting for that small boy to declare that the Emperor has no clothes. Then the whole Bregogian charade will come tumbling down.
ReplyDeleteAnd that foul mouthed thug is kicked out of God's house.
If you are ever in any Dubium, bruvver, just remember that the Magisterium is subjected to the collected scribblings of Bergoglio.
ReplyDeleteAlso when de Pop casuistically denounces casuistry as being "intolerable", thumbs up !! And let's all "bless" objective evils !!
ReplyDeletePope Francis reportedly lifted the Statute of Limitations on 27 October 2023 upon Fr Rupnik's behaviours with young nuns over 20 years ago. So the canonical cases can now proceed. Is he still synodicalizing? Will he return to Synodical status? Are his Synod days over? Or as last time, will any sanction against him be lifted two weeks later by PF?
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