Raymond Arroyo said Strickland, YouTube / screenshot
By Andreas Wailzer, LifeSiteNews, Nov 17, 2023
Raymond Arroyo said Strickland’s sacking ‘was clearly a warning shot…meant to get everybody’s attention.’
(LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Strickland has said that the Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S. told him to stop emphasizing the deposit of faith and “get with the program.”
In an interview on Raymond Arroyo’s show World Over on November 16, Strickland revealed more details about the purported reasons for his shocking removal.
Strickland recalled a conversion with the Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S., Cardinal (then Archbishop) Christophe Pierre, that happened two years ago. The conversation, as Strickland recalls it, shows that his removal may have been in the making for years.
“I can’t quote directly that he [Cardinal Pierre] said [the deposit of faith] doesn’t exist, but it definitely wasn’t an emphasis, and that’s what they were telling me two years ago: ‘Quit emphasizing this so much and get with the program.’ It’s what I heard. I mean, he didn’t use those words, but that’s what I heard,” the former bishop of Tyler said. ….
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