tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post6425719467387738615..comments2024-02-28T04:48:59.561+08:00Comments on The Pinoy Catholic: Pope turns down invite to the Philippines for the 3rd timePedro Lorenzo Ruizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06817125203522413704noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-68245993926777498052010-05-16T14:38:09.225+08:002010-05-16T14:38:09.225+08:00The Nuncio has year in and year out given what the...The Nuncio has year in and year out given what the Pope thinks on our bishops' prolonged "EDSA hangover"! His Holiness isn't amused and the broadsheets were able to get wind of that!<br /><br />But if the Pope won't visit us here, it is not just a slap on the hierarchy but on the laity as well!<br /><br />BTW a bit off topic. An Anglican Use parishioner from the US and now working in the Philippines is considering organizing an Anglican Catholic ecumenical Evening Prayer sometime later this year. So far a traditionalist Filipino Episcopal priest is interested in leading the service. If this ever happens, this would be the first Anglican Use liturgy in the country (in the wake of Anglicanorum Coetibus). To be honest there has been resistance on the Catholic side. We have to ask the Catholic bishop to grant us permission and a friendly Catholic priest advised us that it might be seen as another "EF headache". In the absence of an Anglican Ordinariate, the Anglican Use can only be celebrated outside the USA with permission from the local bishop.<br /><br />Given the problems facing the Anglican Communion, I was told by the Episcopalians interested in the idea that their bishops are not enthusiastic at all. Well I get the impression that getting permission to hold the EF in Anglican churches may be easier than getting an OK from the Catholics to hold a Catholic traditional liturgy (which is legitimate) in their churches!<br /><br />Please say a Rosary for our intentions here. And God bless you and your family.Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-69276958154690841742010-05-15T09:37:54.877+08:002010-05-15T09:37:54.877+08:00Oh come on Ben. You have no idea how the Holy See...Oh come on Ben. You have no idea how the Holy See is closely watching Filipino bishops these days.<br /><br />I know for a fact the Apostolic Nuncio went to personally meet a bishop to tell him that Rome wants him to stand down on his involvement in political rallies. At the drop of a hat, the bishop has ceased to even give press statements.<br /><br />One bishop even lost his diocese because he pre-empted an appointment from Rome giving his diocese a co-adjutor.<br /><br />So, Ben, my sources are not within the realms of security, climate or what you have in mind.<br /><br />Read between the lines...Rome did not offer an explanation why the Holy Father declined the invitation.<br /><br />As a guy working in PR and the media, silence is deafening.AAAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15156566877512852332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-66664650314595090532010-05-15T01:32:14.217+08:002010-05-15T01:32:14.217+08:00The Pope isn't as energetic as his predecessor...The Pope isn't as energetic as his predecessor. Travel to the Philippines requires a long haul flight of 16 hours. He will have to acclimate to a hot and humid [and polluted!] Manila climate. In Australia for WYD he needed to have a few days of "adjustment" to the weather and that was during the pleasant Australian autumn.<br /><br />April is the hottest month in the Philippines. If we have another episode of what we are experiencing now, the Pope may suffer from heat exhaustion. And traddies expect him to wear those baroque vestments designed before we had global warming!<br /><br />Also there may be concerns about securing the Pope. When JP II came here, there was a plot to assassinate him. And this was before 9/11. Now the terror threat is even greater.<br /><br />If you are observant enough, Pope Benedict XVI can only travel abroad [excepting Italy and San Marino] 2x or 3x a year or about once every 6 months or a quarter. For the last quarter of this year, the Pope will travel to Great Britain under turbulent ecumenical times.<br /><br />Let's just accept that the Holy See has the Pope's welfare into consideration and NOT READ ANY INTO any possible THEOLOGICAL disagreements that traddies presuppose. [I have to say that British Traddies have that predisposition!]Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.com