Archbishop Chaput opens mouth, inserts foot once again.

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In a stark prognosis for contemporary Catholicism, a leader of the conservative wing of the U.S. hierarchy has said that “a smaller, lighter church” of fewer but holier believers is preferable to one that promotes inclusion at the expense of traditional orthodoxy.

In a speech delivered Wednesday (Oct. 19) at the University of Notre Dame, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput also suggested that many prominent Catholics are so weak in their faith that they ought to leave the church.

Chaput singled out Democrats such as Vice President Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine for special criticism, linking them to the concept of a “silent apostasy” coined by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and saying Catholics who do not champion the truth of church teaching are “cowards.”

“Losing people who are members of the church in name only is an imaginary loss,” he continued. “It may in fact be more honest for those who leave and healthier for those who stay. We should be focused on commitment, not numbers or institutional throw-weight."

Could we talk Francis into busting him all the way down to simple parish priest someplace above the Arctic Circle?

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1. How did this douchebag ever become a Franciscan?

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2. I guess many orders have their off-beat members.

Reminds me of the Jesuit Fr. Mitch Pacwa on EWTN who is no way representative of normal Jesuit thinking.

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3. Yeah, they keep replaying the video of his Holy Land Rosary.

He recites it as if he's chopping wood.

[shrike]

4. Yeah, hard to believe he is in the same order as the late great F. Mychal Judge

And one of our local Franciscans, Fr. Ed, who is pastor of one of our parishes. Great guy. But as for Chaput, I guess every order has its outliers.