+Strickland Removal

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Rorate-Caeli has reported that Bishop Strickland has been removed from his Diocese.

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Removal of bishop of Tyler, U.S.A., and appointment of apostolic administrator
The Holy Father has removed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland from the pastoral care of the diocese of Tyler, United States of America, and has appointed Bishop Joe Vásquez of Austin as apostolic administrator of the same diocese, rendering it sede vacante. [source]

If only Bishop Strickland had been a member of Uncle Ted McCarrick's clique of abusers of minors, or used bodily fluids in chalices (Rupnik) after raping sisters, he might have been named a Cardinal by Francis… Courtesy of Rorate-Caeli

Here's a link to a BBC article giving a different perspective (link) and the Associated Press (link), Lifesite (link), and Pillar (link), CNA (link), Crux (link), Crisis (link), and Register (link).

I look forward to seeing how CMTV Voris et al will spin this one :-)

So what does this mean in the broader sense of the crisis of the Church.

In my opinion it means:

Deviation from the trajectory of Pope Francis the First will not be tolerated.
Barring Divine intervention, it seems that Pope Francis is not the one who will provide the SSPX with a no-compromise regularization.
The Matra is firmly in place, accept the council and the new mass without reservation or be exiled to the margins.

Well we've been here for a while ... I guess we'll have to be patient and wait a while longer :-).

P^3

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