CATHOLIC: MASS MO. MASS MAKES MESS -

... mixing up a real maze of muck.

And, according to the C & Cs and R & Rs, 1,506 worshipping Catholics and there supporters were excommunicated from the mother church. That is unless the Archbishop makes threats like most parents, without intending to enforce them.

At least 1,500 people attended Christmas Eve Mass presided by an excommunicated Roman Catholic priest, despite warnings from the archbishop that participating would be a mortal sin.

The Rev. Marek Bozek left his previous parish without his bishop's permission and was hired by St. Stanislaus Kostka Church earlier this month. As a result, Bozek and the six-member lay board were excommunicated last week by Archbishop Raymond Burke for committing an act of schism.

Burke said it would be a mortal sin for anyone to participate in a Mass celebrated by a priest was excommunicated — the Catholic Church's most severe penalty. Burke, who couldn't stop the Mass, said it would be "valid" but "illicit."

Now I don't want to be flippant here, since this is serious business inside the Roman Church, they take excommunication serious ... I mean, after all look at how they got Senators Kerry, Kennedy, Daschle, Biden, et al in line; straightened them right up. Or haven't you noticed.


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HT: Unpartisan

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