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Abp Viganò Warns Against Silence of ‘Reckless Pastors’ Who Fear Losing ‘Human Favor’, by Diane Montagna – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Abp Viganò Warns Against Silence of ‘Reckless Pastors’ Who Fear Losing ‘Human Favor’, by Diane Montagna

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Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò speaks at the Rome Life Forum in May 2018.

By Diane Montagna, LifeSiteNews, Oct. 6, 2019

Diane MontagnaROME, October 6, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò on Sunday issued a statement warning all pastors of the Church not to “hide in silence” but to speak out against the “wolves” and “worldly powers” that are threatening Christ’s flock.

The “fraternal correction,” written on the Oct. 6 liturgical memorial of St. Bruno, founder of the Carthusian Order, comes on the opening day of the Amazonian Synod, being held at the Vatican Oct. 6-27.

Taking a page from the “Pastoral Rule” of St. Gregory the Great, a sixth-century patristic text which carefully details the duties and obligations of the clergy concerning the spiritual formation of their flock, Archbishop Viganò invites priests, bishops, cardinals and “especially” the Pope to examine their hearts so as to conform them to its “supernatural light.”

Here below is the official English text of Archbishop Viganò’s statement, which was published in Italian on Duc in altum.

Fraternal Correction

Today, October 6, the XXVII Sunday after Pentecost and the memorial of St. Bruno, the Office of Readings offers pastors for their meditation the following passage from the “Pastoral Rule” of St. Gregory the Great, Pope, (Book 2, 4 PL77, 331):

“The pastor should be discreet in keeping silence and profitable in his speech, lest he either utter what ought to be suppressed or suppress what he ought to utter. For just as reckless speaking leads someone into error, so indiscreet silence leaves in error those who might have been instructed.  ….

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