BOMBSHELL: Bishop Morlino Apologizes to SSPX

THE REMNANT VIDEO

Duración 16:58 minutos

Publicado el 12 de septiembre de 2015, por Michael Matt

Bishop Morlino's remarkable letter - Fr. Mark Goring, CC

Fr. Mark Goring

Duración 21:48 minutos

Obispo Robert Morlino, RIP

ADELANTE LA FE

Su Excelencia Robert Morlino, obispo de Madison (Wisconsin), falleció ayer por la noche, tres días después de haber sufrido un episodio cardíaco durante una revisión médica programada. Fue obispo de Madison durante quince años y anteriormente ejerció su cargo en Helena (Montana), durante poco menos de cuatro años. Es conocido por los lectores especialmente como un firme defensor de la Misa Tradicional así como un gran promotor de vocaciones sacerdotales. Damos nuestro más sentido pésame a la familia y amigos de Monseñor Morlino, así como a todos los católicos de la Diócesis de Madison.

Da nobis, Dómine, ut ánimam fámuli tui Roberti Epíscopi, quam de hujus sáeculi eduxisti laborióso certámine, Sanctórum tuórum tríbuas esse consortem. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. R. Amen.

Concédenos, Señor, que el alma de tu siervo, el obispo Robert, a quien sacaste del laborioso combate de este mundo, sea partícipe de tus Santos. Por Cristo Nuestro Señor R. Amen

(Traducido por Diana Carles. Artículo original)

Obispo de Madison pide investigación sobre la carta de Monseñor Viganò

EL ORIENTE EN LLAMAS

Mons. Robert Morlino, obispo de Madison, se unió ayer a las voces episcopales que piden una investigación de las alegaciones realizadas por el ex Nuncio en los Estados Unidos sobre la actuación de obispos, cardenales e incluso el mismo Papa Francisco en relación con el encubrimiento de diversos abusos sexuales. Considera que es una acusación «creíble», por los datos aportados y la integridad de su autor.

(InfoCatólica) Declaración de Monseñor Robert C. Morlino del 27 de agosto de 2018 sobre la crisis actual de abusos sexuales en la Iglesia

En primer lugar, me gustaría señalar que me uno al Cardenal DiNardo y su declaración en nombre de la Conferencia Episcopal de los Estados Unidos, particularmente en dos aspectos:

1) En su declaración, el Card. DiNardo indica que la reciente carta del Arzobispo Carlo Maria Viganó, ex Nuncio Apostólico en los Estados Unidos, «aumenta de forma especial la concreción y urgencia» del examen por parte de la Conferencia Episcopal de los Estados Unidos de los graves defectos morales de algunos obispos. «Las cuestiones planteadas«, afirma el Card. DiNardo, »merecen respuestas que sean concluyentes y estén demostradas. Sin esas respuestas, algunos inocentes pueden quedar manchados por acusaciones falsas y los culpables pueden repetir los pecados del pasado».

2) También indica el Card. DiNardo que «renovamos nuestro afecto fraterno por el Santo Padre en estos días difíciles».

Me uno completamente a esas convicciones y sentimientos. Sin embargo, debo confesar mi desilusión por el hecho de que, en sus comentarios en el vuelo de regreso de Dublín a Roma, el Santo Padre haya decidido no hacer declaraciones sobre las conclusiones que pueden extraerse de las alegaciones de Mons. Viganò. El Papa Francisco dijo además expresamente que tales conclusiones debían dejarse a la «madurez profesional» de los periodistas. De hecho, tanto en los Estados Unidos como en otros lugares, pocas cosas hay más cuestionables que la madurez profesional de los periodistas. El sesgo de los principales medios de comunicación no podría ser más claro y casi todo el mundo lo reconoce. Yo nunca atribuiría madurez profesional al periodismo del National Catholic Reporter, por ejemplo (y, como era previsible, es ese periódico el que está liderando el ataque y la campaña de difamación contra Mons. Viganò).

Después de renovar mi expresión de respeto y afecto filial por el Santo Padre, debo agregar que, durante el tiempo en que Mons. Viganò fue Nuncio Apostólico, llegué a conocerlo profesional y personalmente, y estoy profundamente convencido de su honestidad, lealtad y amor para con la Iglesia, e impecable integridad.

De hecho, Mons. Viganò ha planteado diversas acusaciones concretas y reales en su escrito reciente, en el que proporciona nombres, fechas, lugares y la ubicación de la documentación de prueba, ya sea en la Secretaría de Estado o en la Nunciatura Apostólica. Por lo tanto, los criterios para que una acusación sea creíble se cumplen más que de sobra y ciertamente conviene realizar una investigación, de acuerdo con los procedimientos canónicos pertinentes.

Debo añadir que mi fe en la Iglesia no se ve afectada en absoluto por la situación actual. Situaciones similares, y peores, se han producido en el pasado, aunque quizás no en los Estados Unidos. Es hora de renovar nuestro convencimiento y fe en ese artículo del final del Credo de Nicea: Credo […] et unam, sanctam catolicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam, que traducido literalmente significa, creo en la Iglesia, que es una, santa, católica y apostólica. La Iglesia es el cuerpo de Cristo y, como preguntaba el Evangelio de ayer: «Señor, ¿a quién iremos? Solo tú tienes palabras de la vida eterna».

Que Nuestra Señora, Madre de la Iglesia y Madre de Obispos y Sacerdotes, interceda por nosotros, junto con San Miguel Arcángel, mientras continuamos nuestra batalla contra el antiguo enemigo.

Carta original (en inglés) 

http://www.infocatolica.com/?t=noticia&cod=32995

World Over - 2018-08-23 – Bishop Robert Morlino's Letter on the Abuse Crisis with Raymond Arroyo

WORLD OVER - EWTN

Duración 31:58 minutos

MOST REV. ROBERT MORLINO, bishop of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin discusses the Church’s ongoing abuse crisis and his response to the scandal in a recent letter to the priests and people of his Diocese.

Obispo contra Francisco: la "conciencia" no puede disculpar el pecado

GLORIA TV

Monseñor Robert Morlino, el obispo de Madison, ha criticado la idea [defendida por el papa Francisco] que la "conciencia" puede dispensar de seguir las enseñanzas de la Iglesia.

Al hablar el 23 de agosto con Raymond Arroyo, en su programa de EWTN, dijo: “Con demasiada frecuencia las personas se han excusado de los comportamientos pecaminosos diciendo ‘estoy siguiendo mi conciencia, pues ella es la ley suprema”.

Para Morlino, la contraposición entre la ley objetiva y la comprensión subjetiva de ésta última es “el eje de numerosos problemas surgidos desde el Concilio Vaticano [Segundo]”.

Además, Morlino acusa al “deseo de mantener los abusos lejos de la homosexualidad y llevarlo hacia la pedofilia”.

Él señala que más del 80% de las víctimas de abuso clerical han sido varones que ya habían atravesado la etapa de la pubertad.

Monseñor Morlino habla de la subcultura homosexual en la Iglesia, y pide desagravio al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús

ADELANTE LA FE

A lo largo de los años, Robert Morlino, obispo de Madison, ha confirmado a varios hijos míos según el rito tradicional, y su diócesis ha sido un refugio para muchas familias católicas desplazadas y desilusionadas. 

Lógicamente, no estamos de acuerdo en todo, pero su fe y su celo pastoral han sido para nosotros una luz en las tinieblas y prueba de que Dios no nos ha dejado huérfanos. 

Y ahora, por fin, tenemos a un obispo con valor para agarrar al toro por los cuernos y decir, sin pelos en la lengua, quién es el enemigo. 

Y lo ha hecho en un momento en que es objeto de feroces ataques y acusado de odio por defender la doctrina de la Iglesia sobre el matrimonio. Ataques que, por cierto, nos motivaron a los que hacemos The Remnant a defender al obispo Morlino el año pasado.

¡Esto es un obispo valiente! En nuestra opinión, en medio del mayor escándalo sexual en la historia del clero, todo obispo del país debería hacer lo mismo que ha hecho Morlino: publicar una declaración de fidelidad a la teología moral de la Iglesia, en concreto a su doctrina relativa al pecado mortal que constituyen los actos homosexuales. 

Es innegable que al hacerlo los prelados se harán blanco de las iras de los enemigos de la Iglesia. Es innegable que los crucificarán en los medios. Pero también cumplirán su sagrado deber para con Dios al tranquilizar a su escandalizada y horrorizada grey demostrándoles que están entregados en cuerpo y alma a defender y hacer valer la doctrina moral de la Iglesia cuándo ésta es objeto de graves ofensivas desde dentro. 

Es lo menos que pueden hacer. Morlino ya lo ha hecho, y exigimos respetuosamente al resto de los obispos de EE.UU. que imiten su ejemplo para no ser cómplices de los pastores degenerados e incluso delictivos, cuya perfidia y viciosa conducta ocupa en estos momentos tanto espacio en los noticieros. 

Que Dios bendiga y guarde a monseñor Roberto Morlino. 

Michael Matt

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Para leer la Carta de monseñor Robert Morlino a los fieles sobre la actual crisis de abusos sexuales en la Iglesia pinchar aquí. 

José Martí

Carta Pastoral completa del obispo de la diócesis de Madison, Robert C. Morlino

LIFE SITE NEWS

Se encuentra en inglés. En formato pdf se puede ver pinchando aquí

August 18, 2018

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ of the Diocese of Madison,

The past weeks have brought a great deal of scandal, justified anger, and a call for answers and action by many faithful Catholics here in the U.S. and overseas, directed at the Church hierarchy regarding sexual sins by bishops, priests, and even cardinals. Still more anger is rightly directed at those who have been complicit in keeping some of these serious sins from coming to light.

For my part – and I know I am not alone – I am tired of this. I am tired of people being hurt, gravely hurt! I am tired of the obfuscation of truth. I am tired of sin. And, as one who has tried – despite my many imperfections – to lay down my life for Christ and His Church, I am tired of the regular violation of sacred duties by those entrusted with immense responsibility from the Lord for the care of His people.

The stories being brought into light and displayed in gruesome detail with regard to some priests, religious, and now even those in places of highest leadership, are sickening. Hearing even one of these stories is, quite literally, enough to make someone sick. But my own sickness at the stories is quickly put into perspective when I recall the fact that many individuals have lived through them for years. For them, these are not stories, they are indeed realities. To them I turn and say, again, I am sorry for what you have suffered and what you continue to suffer in your mind and in your heart.

If you have not already done so, I beg you to reach out, as hard as that may be, and seek help to begin to heal. Also, if you’ve been hurt by a priest of our diocese, I encourage you to come forward, to make a report to law enforcement and to our Victim’s Assistance Coordinator, so that we might begin, with you as an individual, to try and set things right to the greatest extent possible.

There is nothing about these stories that is okay. These actions, committed by more than a few, can only be classified as evil, evil that cries out for justice and sin that must be cast out from our Church.

Faced with stories of the depravity of sinners within the Church, I have been tempted to despair. And why? The reality of sin – even sin in the Church – is nothing new. We are a Church made of sinners, but we are sinners called to sanctity. So what is new? What is new is the seeming acceptance of sin by some in the Church, and the apparent efforts to cover over sin by them and others. Unless and until we take seriously our call to sanctity, we, as an institution and as individuals, will continue to suffer the “wages of sin.”

For too long we have diminished the reality of sin – we have refused to call a sin a sin – and we have excused sin in the name of a mistaken notion of mercy. In our efforts to be open to the world we have become all too willing to abandon the Way, the Truth, and the Life. In order to avoid causing offense we offer to ourselves and to others niceties and human consolation.

Why do we do this? Is it out of an earnest desire to display a misguided sense of being “pastoral?” Have we covered over the truth out of fear? Are we afraid of being disliked by people in this world? Or are we afraid of being called hypocrites because we are not striving tirelessly for holiness in our own lives?

Perhaps these are the reasons, but perhaps it is more or less complex than this. In the end, the excuses do not matter. We must be done with sin. It must be rooted out and again considered unacceptable. Love sinners? Yes. Accept true repentance? Yes. But do not say sin is okay. And do not pretend that grave violations of office and of trust come without grave, lasting consequences.

For the Church, the crisis we face is not limited to the McCarrick affair, or the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, or anything else that may come. The deeper crisis that must be addressed is the license for sin to have a home in individuals at every level of the Church. There is a certain comfort level with sin that has come to pervade our teaching, our preaching, our decision making, and our very way of living.

If you’ll permit me, what the Church needs now is more hatred! As I have said previously, St. Thomas Aquinas said that hatred of wickedness actually belongs to the virtue of charity. As the Book of Proverbs says “My mouth shall meditate truth, and my lips shall hate wickedness (Prov. 8:7).” It is an act of love to hate sin and to call others to turn away from sin.

There must be no room left, no refuge for sin – either within our own lives, or within the lives of our communities. To be a refuge for sinners (which we should be), the Church must be a place where sinners can turn to be reconciled. In this I speak of all sin. But to be clear, in the specific situations at hand, we are talking about deviant sexual – almost exclusively homosexual – acts by clerics. We’re also talking about homosexual propositions and abuses against seminarians and young priests by powerful priests, bishops, and cardinals. We are talking about acts and actions which are not only in violation of the sacred promises made by some, in short, sacrilege, but also are in violation of the natural moral law for all. To call it anything else would be deceitful and would only ignore the problem further.

There has been a great deal of effort to keep separate acts which fall under the category of now- culturally-acceptable acts of homosexuality from the publically-deplorable acts of pedophilia. That is to say, until recently the problems of the Church have been painted purely as problems of pedophilia – this despite clear evidence to the contrary. It is time to be honest that the problems are both and they are more. To fall into the trap of parsing problems according to what society might find acceptable or unacceptable is ignoring the fact that the Church has never held ANY of it to be acceptable – neither the abuse of children, nor any use of one’s sexuality outside of the marital relationship, nor the sin of sodomy, nor the entering of clerics into intimate sexual relationships at all, nor the abuse and coercion by those with authority.

In this last regard, special mention should be made of the most notorious and highest in ranking case, that being the allegations of former-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s (oft-rumored, now very public) sexual sins, predation, and abuse of power. The well-documented details of this case are disgraceful and seriously scandalous, as is any covering up of such appalling actions by other Church leaders who knew about it based on solid evidence.

While recent credible accusations of child sexual abuse by Archbishop McCarrick have brought a whole slew of issues to light, long-ignored was the issue of abuse of his power for the sake of homosexual gratification.

It is time to admit that there is a homosexual subculture within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church that is wreaking great devastation in the vineyard of the Lord. The Church’s teaching is clear that the homosexual inclination is not in itself sinful, but it is intrinsically disordered in a way that renders any man stably afflicted by it unfit to be a priest. And the decision to act upon this disordered inclination is a sin so grave that it cries out to heaven for vengeance, especially when it involves preying upon the young or the vulnerable. Such wickedness should be hated with a perfect hatred. Christian charity itself demands that we should hate wickedness just as we love goodness. But while hating the sin, we must never hate the sinner, who is called to conversion, penance, and renewed communion with Christ and His Church, through His inexhaustible mercy.

At the same time, however, the love and mercy which we are called to have even for the worst of sinners does not exclude holding them accountable for their actions through a punishment proportionate to the gravity of their offense. In fact, a just punishment is an important work of love and mercy, because, while it serves primarily as retribution for the offense committed, it also offers the guilty party an opportunity to make expiation for his sin in this life (if he willingly accepts his punishment), thus sparing him worse punishment in the life to come. Motivated, therefore, by love and concern for souls, I stand with those calling for justice to be done upon the guilty.

The sins and crimes of McCarrick, and of far too many others in the Church, bring suspicion and mistrust upon many good and virtuous priests, bishops, and cardinals, and suspicion and mistrust upon many great and respectable seminaries and so many holy and faithful seminarians. The result of the first instance of mistrust harms the Church and the very good work we do in Christ’s name. It causes others to sin in their thoughts, words, and deeds – which is the very definition of scandal. And the second mistrust harms the future of the Church, since our future priests are at stake.

I said that I was tempted to despair in light of all of this. However, that temptation quickly passed, thanks be to God. No matter how large the problem, we know that we are called to go forward in faith, to rely upon God’s promises to us, and to work hard to make every bit of difference we can, within our spheres of influence.

I have recently had the opportunity to talk directly with our seminarians about these very pressing matters, and I have begun to, and will continue to, talk with the priests of the diocese, as well as the faithful, in person and through my weekly column and homilies, making things as clear as I can, from my perspective. Here now, I offer a few thoughts to those of my diocese:
In the first place, we must continue to build upon the good work which we have accomplished in protecting the youth and vulnerable of our diocese. This is a work on which we can never rest in our vigilance, nor our efforts to improve. We must continue in our work of education for all and hold to the effective policies that have been implemented, requiring psychological exams for all candidates for ministry, as well as across-the-board background checks for anyone working with children or vulnerable individuals.

Here again, I state, as we have done consistently, if you have knowledge of any sort of criminal abuse of children by someone in the Church, contact law enforcement. If you need help in contacting law enforcement contact our Victim’s Assistance Coordinator and she will help connect you with the best resources. If you are an adult victim of sexual abuse from childhood, we still encourage you to reach out to law enforcement first, but even if you don’t want to, please still reach out to us.

To our seminarians: If you are unchastely propositioned, abused, or threatened (no matter by whom), or if you directly witness unchaste behavior, report it to me and to the seminary rector. I will address it swiftly and vigorously. I will not stand for this in my diocese or anywhere I send men for formation. I trust that the seminaries I choose, very discriminately, to help form our men will not ignore this type of scandalous behavior, and I will continue to verify that expectation.

To our priests: Most simply, live out the promises you made on your ordination day. You are called to serve Christ’s people, beginning with praying daily the Liturgy of the Hours. This is to keep you very close to God. In addition, you promised to obey and be loyal to your bishop. In obedience, strive to live out your priesthood as a holy priest, a hard working priest, and a pure and happy priest – as Christ Himself is calling you to do. And by extension, live a chaste and celibate life so that you can completely give your life to Christ, the Church, and the people whom he has called you to serve. God will give you the graces to do so. Ask Him for the help you need daily and throughout every day. And if you are unchastely propositioned, abused, or threatened (no matter by whom), or if you directly witness unchaste behavior, report it to me. I will not stand for this in my diocese any more than in our seminaries.

To the faithful of the diocese: If you are the victim of abuse of any kind by a priest, bishop, cardinal, or any employee of the Church, bring it forward. It will be addressed quickly and justly. If you have directly witnessed sexual advances or any type of abuse, bring it forward as well. Such actions are sinful and scandalous and we cannot allow anyone to use their position or power to abuse another person. Again, in addition to injuring individuals, these actions injure the very Body of Christ, His Church.

Furthermore, I add my name to those calling for real and sustained reform in the episcopate, priesthood, our parishes, schools, universities, and seminaries that would root out and hold accountable any would-be sexual predator or accomplice;

I will hold the priests of the diocese to their promise to live a chaste and celibate life of service to you and your parish, and evidence of failure in this regard will be justly addressed;

I will likewise hold every man studying for the priesthood for our diocese accountable to living a chaste and celibate life as part of his formation for the priesthood. Failure to do so will lead to dismissal from diocesan sponsorship;

I will continue to require (with our men and our funds) that all seminaries to which we send men to study be vigilant that seminarians are protected from sexual predators and provide an atmosphere conducive to their holistic formation as holy priests, in the image of Christ;

I ask all the faithful of the diocese to assist in keeping us accountable to civil authorities, the faithful in the pews, and to God Almighty, not only to protect children and the youth from sexual predators in the Church, but our seminarians, university students, and all the faithful as well. I promise to put any victim and their sufferings before that of the personal and professional reputation of a priest, or any Church employee, guilty of abuse;

I ask everyone reading this to pray. Pray earnestly for the Church and all her ministers. Pray for our seminarians. And pray for yourselves and your families. We must all work daily on our own personal holiness and hold ourselves accountable first and, in turn, hold our brothers and sisters accountable as well, and

Finally, I ask you all to join me and the entire clergy of the Diocese of Madison in making public and private acts of reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for all the sins of sexual depravity committed by members of the clergy and episcopacy. I will be offering a public Mass of reparation on Friday, September 14, the Feast of the Triumph of the Holy Cross, at Holy Name Heights and I ask all pastors to do the same in their own parishes. In addition, I ask that all priests, clergy, religious, and diocesan employees join me in observing the upcoming Autumn Ember Days (Sep. 19, 21, and 22) as days of fasting and abstinence in reparation for the sins and outrages committed by members of the clergy and episcopacy and I invite all the faithful to do the same. Some sins, like some demons, can only be driven out by prayer and fasting.

This letter and these statements and promises are not intended to be an exhaustive list of what we can and need to do in the Church to begin to heal from, and stave off, this deep illness in the Church, but rather the next steps I believe we can take locally.

More than anything else, we as a Church must cease our acceptance of sin and evil. We must cast out sin from our own lives and run toward holiness. We must refuse to be silent in the face of sin and evil in our families and communities and we must demand from our pastors – myself included – that they themselves are striving day in and day out for holiness. We must do this always with loving respect for individuals but with a clear understanding that true love can never exist without truth.

Again, right now there is a lot of justified anger and passion coming from many holy and faithful lay people and clerics across the country, calling for real reform and “house cleaning” of this type of depravity. I stand with them. I don’t know yet how this will play out nationally or internationally. But I do know this, and I make this my last point and last promise, for the Diocese of Madison: “As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Faithfully yours in the Lord,

Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino Bishop of Madison
OFFICE OF THE BISHOP

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