VIGANÒ RESPONDS to African Priest who was expelled from Opus Dei for resisting Pope Francis to his face
VIGANÒ RESPONDS to African Priest who was expelled from Opus Dei for resisting Pope Francis to his face
Amen dico vobis: tolerabilius erit
terræ Sodomorum et Gomorræorum
in die judicii, quam illi civitati.
Amen I say to you: it will be more tolerable
for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha
on the day of judgment than for that city. -Mt 10:15
Reverend Father Janvier,
Dear Father Jesusmary Missigbètò,
I learned from the press (here) about the news of your suspension a divinis and your expulsion from Opus Dei, which was imposed on you by the Congregation of Bishops as a canonical sanction for failing to show “respect and obedience to the Supreme Pontiff.”
Permit me to express my spiritual closeness to you at a moment of great trial for you: as a baptized Catholic and as a Minister of God, it must be painful for you to be accused by the same person who, with the mercy that distinguishes his every act, receives notorious abortionists, those who are publicly cohabiting, transvestites, sodomites, rebellious clerics, heretics, usurers, and those who starve their people.
I imagine that it is very …