Wednesday, January 19, 2005

Interview w/ Coadjutor Bishop Robert Finn

The man who will be Kansas City's next Catholic bishop had barely been appointed by the Vatican last March before some people in the diocese — but by no means all — began to fret.

In quiet conversations that started even before Robert W. Finn's installation as coadjutor bishop in May, some priests, nuns, diocese employees and church members worried that he is too theologically conservative for the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese.
"Theologically conservative"...this is a term which usually means "faithful to the Church and the teachings of Christ and His Church".

It is undeniable that those who hold dissident views or who otherwise reject Church teaching see faithful Catholics, be they bishops, priests or laity, as a threat - just as darkness shuns the light and error runs from truth. It is the obligation of every Catholic to demonstrate fidelity and speak the truth.
Their worry has had several dimensions. One was the possibility of losing what one diocesan official described as “a spirit in the diocese of collaboration” under current Bishop Raymond J. Boland. “The diocese is not top-down,” this official said. “Maybe it's not bottom-up, but the people have a lot to say.”
Those who seem to have too much time on their hands spreading discord and dissent are well placed in the diocese...for example, The National Catholic Distorter...

The Interview can be read here.

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