Tuesday Update: 11/14/23 Bishop Strickland Calls for Prayers for Pope Francis, Warns of Forces Corrupting Catholic Church

WSJ: Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland, a vocal critic of the pope, has “warned of ‘blasphemies emanating from Rome’”(WSJ 11/12/23)

“Ousted Bishop Speculates on the Reasons the Vatican Removed Him.

National Catholic Register: ““I really can‘t look to any reason except I’ve threatened some of the powers that be with the truth of the Gospel,” said Bishop Strickland, a controversial prelate who regularly speaks out against what he sees as attacks on the teachings of the Catholic Church to his sizable social media following….

He has … repeatedly criticized the Pope for a “dangerous” lack of clarity in his statements, especially related to sexuality, and has been a vocal critic of Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality. 

“Regrettably, it may be that some will label as schismatics those who disagree with the changes being proposed,” Bishop Strickland wrote in a public letter in August. “Instead, those who would propose changes to that which cannot be changed seek to commandeer Christ’s Church, and they are indeed the true schismatics”… Continue