"So often have we been haunted by the spectre of subversion which, with some fostering, has come to be a positive and real being, whose very name steals our serenity and makes us commit the greatest blunders... If before the reality, instead of changing the fear of one is increased, and the confusion of the other is exacerbated, then they must be left in the hands of time..." Dr Jose Rizal "To the Filipino People and their Government" Jose Rizal dominates the Luneta, which is sacred to the Philippine nation as a place of martyrdom. And many perhaps all of those executed in the Luneta, with the exception of the three Filipino secular priests martyred in 1872, have read Rizal's El Filibusterismo . Dr Rizal's second novel is a darker and more sinister one that its prequel but has much significance across the century and more after it was published for it preaches the need for revolution with caveats, which are when the time is right and who will in...
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Don't you know that the bishop doesn't excommunicate anyone? A Catholic excommnicates himself, and the bishop merely informs him that he's done so.
If you think Benedict will be unhappy with this bishop, then you are as ignoramnt about the pope as you are about excommunication.
You appear to be another pseudo-Catholic progressive stylin' for everyone to see how outraged you are.
But actually you need to grow up or get out.
However, Odchimar was irresponsible enough to mention excommunication for an act that has not yet been committed. This shows bad pastoral sense.
The Odchimar's attitude is way different from the Pope.
Catholics can disagree on their bishops bad judgment in good conscience for this is not a point of doctrine. And you have no right to call people who disagree in this matter pseudo Catholics. You exhibit bad pastoral sense too.