Wanna Go To Italy?
Bishop James Griffin of Columbus, Ohio, is subjecting readers of his diocesan newspaper, the 'Catholic Times,' to a horrible nine-week series of columns describing his trip to Italy this summer with 39 "pilgrims." It's a travelogue at its worst, and Catholics of central Ohio are week-by-week enduring such vital trip tidbits as:
Leave your car at St. Matthews. It's near the Columbus, Ohio airport.
The tour coach driver was named Geno.
One day they had a lunch of tomatoes and mozzarella cheese soaked in olive oil.
They visited a leather goods factory near Santa Croce.
They saw the chapel where the "original San Damiano crucifix" is located.
A taxi driver named Nonni got Bishop Griffin out of Rome despite the fact that 300,000 people were in Rome for the canonization of Padre Pio (real name Francesco Forgione).
The bishop should have "unvested" more quickly once after a Mass, because the "pilgrims" had left the church without him!
And of course, there was the requisite "audience" with the pope. Griffin described, "The thrill that our pilgrims received from being in the presence of the Holy Father and being so close to this successor of St. Peter and head of our Church."
Griffin betrays in this statement the Catholic rejection of the Christ of the bible by saying the pope is, "head of our Church." The bible teaches Christ Himself is the head of the church. Colossians 1:18 says, "AND HE (Christ) IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY, THE CHURCH." Colossians 2:10 says, "AND YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM (Christ), WHICH IS THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER."
Catholicism IS Christ-denial. May our Lord grant many Catholics the grace to repent and forsake Romanism, and receive Christ by faith ALONE.
Leave your car at St. Matthews. It's near the Columbus, Ohio airport.
The tour coach driver was named Geno.
One day they had a lunch of tomatoes and mozzarella cheese soaked in olive oil.
They visited a leather goods factory near Santa Croce.
They saw the chapel where the "original San Damiano crucifix" is located.
A taxi driver named Nonni got Bishop Griffin out of Rome despite the fact that 300,000 people were in Rome for the canonization of Padre Pio (real name Francesco Forgione).
The bishop should have "unvested" more quickly once after a Mass, because the "pilgrims" had left the church without him!
And of course, there was the requisite "audience" with the pope. Griffin described, "The thrill that our pilgrims received from being in the presence of the Holy Father and being so close to this successor of St. Peter and head of our Church."
Griffin betrays in this statement the Catholic rejection of the Christ of the bible by saying the pope is, "head of our Church." The bible teaches Christ Himself is the head of the church. Colossians 1:18 says, "AND HE (Christ) IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY, THE CHURCH." Colossians 2:10 says, "AND YE ARE COMPLETE IN HIM (Christ), WHICH IS THE HEAD OF ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER."
Catholicism IS Christ-denial. May our Lord grant many Catholics the grace to repent and forsake Romanism, and receive Christ by faith ALONE.
posted by Robt. B. at 5:28 AM
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