[Oldcath-l] Milingo's Excommunication

[Bp Marty]

+William wrote: THEY did not say they were 
invalid.

Below is the ZENIT report, second paragraph starts out "The invalid
ordination..."

Holy See Notifies of Milingo's Excommunication For Having Ordained 4 Priests
as Bishops Without Authorization 

VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 26, 2006 (Zenit.org <http://www.zenit.org> ).- Retired
Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo of Lusaka, Zambia, automatically incurred
excommunication when he ordained four priests as bishops last Sunday without
papal approval, the Holy See announced. 

The invalid ordination ceremony took place in Washington, D.C. Those
involved in the ceremony confirmed previously that the four priests already
had been consecrated bishops in the Old Catholic Church, a branch split from
the Catholic Church... 


Blessings,
 
+Marty
 
Smile, God Loves You
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Given what I posted before on endless "sub-conditione" ordinations ....
most 
likely they just wanted ONE MORE LINE just in case the up to 6 previous  
ordinations were somehow invalid.  In the communique from Rome they simply
stated 
that "THEY" would not recognize the ordinations.  THEY did not say  they
were 
invalid.
 
Abp Milingo has acted very strangely in the past.  However....no one  is in
a 
position to actually determine his state of mind and intent at the time  of 
the ordinations.
 
 
In a message dated 9/26/06 6:57:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
ORCB1 at aol.com 
writes:

Permit  me to weigh in on this mess...................
One can only wonder what the hell  these folks were thinking when they  
jumped on +Milingo's broken bandwagon in the  name of a married  clericus
and 
episcopacy. Did they not know (or care) that he   (Milingo) was already on a

slippery slope with the Vatican? 
As I reflect on the implications of  this precipitous  tom-foolery, I 
can only grieve for the future stability of Old   Catholic ministry in this 
country and wonder how many years this nonsense  has  set back hopes for any

accommodation with the IBC of the Union  of Utrecht let  alone cordial 
relations with 
the Vatican. While it is  too early to make an  assessment of the damage 
inflicted upon us by  this adverse publicity, I am  willing to wager that it

will be  
extensive, leading to further ridicule and  discouragement.
Grace  and Peace!
+Francis




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