tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post4324978016582054328..comments2024-03-22T11:37:52.668-05:00Comments on Byzantine, Texas: EP rejects list of candidates to head Chicago MetropolisByzantine, TXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-82836654948074991232017-07-22T04:53:09.943-05:002017-07-22T04:53:09.943-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pater Pavloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666237461894057731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-80887461823345437252017-07-13T19:35:31.580-05:002017-07-13T19:35:31.580-05:00I know. I guess it just rubbed me the wrong way wh...I know. I guess it just rubbed me the wrong way when I saw they were already saying things without the Archdiocese saying anything. I don't have a dog in that fight, it just seemed wrong.REMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926875247610873761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-69685308656122014532017-07-13T13:46:19.043-05:002017-07-13T13:46:19.043-05:00Well, in their defense this almost never happens.Well, in their defense this almost never happens.Byzantine, TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17845681957622343484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-27856482422258721622017-07-13T13:37:37.203-05:002017-07-13T13:37:37.203-05:00I had this weird feeling when I saw THN decide to ...I had this weird feeling when I saw THN decide to go ahead and proclaim a new metropolitan before the EP announced anything. The ink wasn't dry on the letter to the EP with the candidates before THN decide to go announcing things. I almost wonder if them doing that had any bearing on the EP rejecting this.REMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926875247610873761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-75794721254871187392017-07-13T13:08:30.195-05:002017-07-13T13:08:30.195-05:00"For example, I always get comments when East..."For example, I always get comments when Eastern Catholics follow this process even when they have their own synods. "Why is the pope involved at all? If they're really sui iuris this shouldn't happen," they say. The ready answer is "Oh, that's just a part of the process. They always take the candidate."<br /><br /> The recent case of the Eparchy of Parma for Ruthenians is a good example. I don't know for sure if the Metropolitan Council, we don't have a synod, submitted names to Rome for a new Eparchial Bishop but given that an apostolic admin from the Old Country was appointed it seems to me that it could be the case the Rome did not like the names submitted. It is a thought I've had. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545044592290761591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-16195005508609262242017-07-13T12:52:58.941-05:002017-07-13T12:52:58.941-05:00And the whole "we approved the list, but it&#...And the whole "we approved the list, but it's not complete" sounds a bit like "the voting will continue until the correct result is achieved." I hope it is not, but it does not look good.Virgil Petrisorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467744522668766048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73042886598650075.post-80830551731799478742017-07-13T12:50:31.425-05:002017-07-13T12:50:31.425-05:00From the few interactions I have had with him, I t...From the few interactions I have had with him, I think Bp. Sevastianos would have been okay as metropolitan. Beyond that, if the three names given are correct, I am pleasantly surprised by our US synod - Fr. Gerasimos was chaplain at Holy Cross while I was there and he seemed like a genuinely faithful man. I have not, to my recollection, met Fr. George. <br /><br />Anyway, I guess we will wait and see what happens next. Lord, have mercy!<br />+Fr. PeterVirgil Petrisorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467744522668766048noreply@blogger.com