tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post5984999596821149731..comments2024-02-13T03:24:07.880-06:00Comments on The Eye-Witness: Confessions of a Potential ExcommunicateAged parenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-24853687139520027692015-12-07T20:26:24.789-06:002015-12-07T20:26:24.789-06:00Did the archbishop understand the question? Did he...Did the archbishop understand the question? Did he ever study canon law? Did he ever read Canon 1370? The penalty of excommunication is imposed upon those who use "physical force" (vim physica) against the pope. The law specifically limits the penalty to those who use "physical" force. Words mean something. "Physical force" does not mean "verbal". Shooting the pope would certainly qualify as a violation of this canon, although the last time someone shot the pope, the criminal was not "excommunicated", because he was not Catholic to begin with. Does the archbishop really think that the Church is handing out excommunications like parking tickets? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-79423856697816218512015-12-07T17:16:12.329-06:002015-12-07T17:16:12.329-06:00Hmmm, didn't Stalin do this sort of thing.... ...Hmmm, didn't Stalin do this sort of thing.... Yeah, they know they're getting cornered, but what a despicable abuse of Church power.Damask Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903564104733536123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-91373711851579975732015-12-07T16:23:59.872-06:002015-12-07T16:23:59.872-06:00I believe you've hit it, Anon. When they reso...I believe you've hit it, Anon. When they resort to this kind of thing you know they're losing it.Aged parenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217229048176272954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5637864682999679595.post-38918099907668076312015-12-07T16:02:57.860-06:002015-12-07T16:02:57.860-06:00Sounds like the Vatican apparatchiks are starting ...Sounds like the Vatican apparatchiks are starting to get desperate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com