Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one of his fiercest critics among U.S. Roman Catholic conservatives, after he refused to step down following a Vatican investigation.
    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      1 year ago

      Now? They’ve been doing that for almost a century my dude. Millions of ex-Catholics believe the last legit pope was the nazi ally one: Pious XII

    • Zomg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Never heard is name before? What’s his deal? I can just search his name but I’d figure I’d give anyone the chance to say something.

      • Treczoks@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        He is the Cardinal of the archdiocese of Cologne in Germany. He made a seriously bad figure with regards to investigations intosexual abuse by priests and is a serious opponent of any change in the church.

        There is an old contract between the church and the state in Germany. One provision in this contract is that priests in the archdiocese are only to be trained at Bonn University. He considered this “to worldly” and tried to set up a more conservative seminary from a number of funds designed for totally other purposes and in breach with this old contract that might put the whole role of the catholic church in German society into turmoil.

        Many lay people but also members of the church want him gone ASAP. People turn their backs to him in church when he preaches. And thousands of people leave the catholic church primarily because of him.

  • HowManyNimons@lemmy.worldEnglish
    162·
    1 year ago

    Yeah? Well I’m going to start my own Vatican! With Blackjack! And hookers! Different hookers!

  • CylonBunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I think all you need to know about this guy is the Vatican asked him to resign a few days ago and he said no. You do not say to no to that sort of thing! He absolutely knew they would remove him and instead of going quietly he said no to make it a big thing. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him running for office, or starting his own break off sect of “true Catholics” soon. Good riddance.