[Oldcath-l] COMMUNIQUE ON MALINGO.

[Sam'l Bassett]

BINGO, Malingo!

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Bp Marty wrote:
> More from the Vatican Information Service
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> For the Greater Glory of God
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> COMMUNIQUE CONCERNING ARCHBISHOP EMMANUEL MILINGO
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> VATICAN CITY, SEP 26, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office today released
> a communiqué concerning the present ecclesial position of Archbishop
> Emmanuel Milingo. The text of the communiqué is given below:
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>    "With great concern, the Holy See has followed the recent activities of
> Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, emeritus of Lusaka, Zambia, with his new
> association of married priests, spreading division and confusion among the
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>   "Church representatives of various levels have tried in vain to contact
> Archbishop Milingo in order to dissuade him from persisting in actions that
> provoke scandal, especially among the faithful who followed his pastoral
> ministry in favor of the poor and the sick.
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>   "Bearing in mind the understanding shown, also recently, by Peter's
> Successor towards this aged pastor of the Church, the Holy See has awaited
> with vigilant patience the evolution of events which, unfortunately, have
> led Archbishop Milingo to a position of irregularity and of progressively
> open rupture of communion with the Church, first with his attempted marriage
> and then with the ordination of four bishops on Sunday, September 24, in
> Washington D.C., U.S.A.
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>   "For this public act both Archbishop Milingo and the four ordinands have
> incurred excommunication 'latae sententiae,' as laid down in Canon 1382 of
> the Code of Canon Law. Moreover, the Church does not recognize, nor does she
> intend to recognize in the future, these ordinations and all ordinations
> deriving from them; and she considers the canonical status of the four
> supposed-bishops as being that they held prior to this ordination.
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>   The Apostolic See, attentive to the unity and peace of the flock of
> Christ, had hoped that the fraternal influence of people close to Archbishop
> Milingo would cause him to rethink and return to full communion with the
> Pope. Unfortunately the latest developments have made these hopes more
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>   "At times of ecclesial suffering such as these, may prayers intensify
> among all the community of the faithful."
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> OP/ARCHBISHOP MILINGO/...
> VIS 060926 (330)
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