Father Altman discusses Archbishop Wilton Gregory’s disgraceful chastisement of President Trump for visiting the John Paul II shrine last week.
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He began streaming his Masses from St. James the Less church, and the priests’ homilies reflected a man impelled by the Holy Spirit: preaching the lordship of Jesus, calling out Church corruption, naming names (including names of liberal activist priests like James Martin, SJ, and Washington DC Archbishop Wilton Gregory.). James Altman: You cannot be Catholic & a Democrat. Altman proposes, for a single act of voting or a single public statement is contrary to the examples given in the Gospel from the Ministry of Christ. | Legal Information | Privacy Policy. 1341). Most people expect a decisive move from me, one way or another. Gregory, asking him to apologize to Trump, Trump should prepare for possible imminent release of more dangerous…, Trump should prepare for possible imminent release of more dangerous COVID-20 or 21. “This might be the very last live-stream of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass that I can give. Also, how does Fr. Yes, I want the Patheos Catholic Newsletter as well, Identity Politics vs. Transactional Politics.
A judgmental tone is exponential better than preaching heresy or misinformation with a perfect tone & smile.”. It’s like they’ve been collectively doused with Holy Water. The … Altman’s latest video statement of 30 August 2020, I understand the undeniable truth that motivates his message. You can download the full statement below or read the text. Altman offers comes off as angry and judgmental, lacking any charity and in a way that causes scandal both in the Church and in society.
You cannot be Catholic & a Democrat. I am being pressured by both sides for a comment; one side holds him up as a hero or a prophet, the other side condemns him and vilifies him and demands I silence him. And we wonder why we don't have many faithful priests when their bishops pander to the Democrats and throw them under the bus when priests preach the truth. I let one such comment be posted below, to show an example of the type of error. For when you attack his critics with malice, you behave like him, and you show the error of his ways in your behavior. Select homilies by Fr. Fraternal correction would be applied first to Father Altman. Finally, please pray for the Church that we might seek the truth in charityand apply it in our daily actions. Altman is speaking with arrogance and condescension; he is being judgmental and issues a sweeping condemnation merely for voting Democrat. La Crescent, MN 55947
pic.twitter.com/36JLY89gPf. To the same intended end, many leaders on the far right are using harsh condemnatory language toward their philosophical or theological opponents, so as to gain a larger audience and so as to cause that audience to adhere to them more firmly. NOTE: Comments are now closed on this post.
Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas was the first to declare explicit support for Altman’s message, saying via Twitter, “As the Bishop of Tyler I endorse Fr.
“Well, here’s a memo to clueless baptized Catholics out there: you cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat, period. Altman’s opinion. Father Altman set the Catholic press and blogosphere ablaze with a slickly-produced ten-minute video, set to dramatic music from The Passion of the Christ soundtrack, that definitively declared “You cannot be Catholic & a Democrat. They will be deleted. But the middle of the talk is sinful pride, false accusations, false claims about Church teaching, and false claims on matters of grave moral weight. He is using the worst traits of his audience, to gain their support. !” declared Heilman, founder of Roman Catholic Man website, and creator of the “Combat Rosary,” in all caps. I think you’re going to love this. Subscribe to my RSS Feed. The term “hoax” implies a deliberate deception. Many will be wounded.
A separate, really cringeworthy video – shared approvingly by a Catholic apologist, no less – surfaced last week where Father Altman, in a homily, minimized the racist barbarity of lynchings as “capital punishment” for crimes like rape and murder, which he further downplayed by citing unrelated statistics like Black people who owned slaves and “the 360,000 white men who died to end slavery” in the Civil War. Altman\'s ministry by making a donation here. Father Richard Heilman, a popular speaker and writer, expressed his support for Fr. Unfortunately, the tone Fr. The Jewish leaders had become divided into the liberal Sadducees and the conservative Pharisees. After all, one danger of a partisan clergy is the weaponization of the sacraments, as Father Pavone demonstrated when he tweeted recently that he would withhold absolution from someone who confessed to the “sin” of being a registered Democrat. |, Find it here: Voting information for November 3, Resources to help cope in this time of crisis, Battleground Wisconsin: Political epicenter on Election Day.