Pope fires outspoken conservative bishop

On Saturday, in a rare instance in Catholic governance, Pope Francis “relieved” conservative Joseph Strickland of his authority as the Bishop of Tyler, Texas. The move comes after an investigation by Vatican authorities who recommended Strickland leave his position as Bishop, and Strickland refused. What amounts to Strickland’s firing led to an outcry from conservative Catholics in Texas and internationally.

Earlier this year, Strickland explicitly stated his opposition to Pope Francis when he tweeted, “I believe Pope Francis is the Pope, but it is time for me to say that I reject his program of undermining the Deposit of Faith.” The “Deposit of Faith” combines scripture and tradition in Catholic teaching, so Strickland’s belief that the Pope is undermining it stems from the Pope’s reforms to Catholicism worldwide.

Among those reforms, the Pope’s restrictions, set out in 2021, on performing the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) became a stand-in for much more significant issues. Many observers agree that the TLM functions as a symbol of adherence to more severe traditionalist views on what Catholicism should look like. Pope Francis himself has said that the mass was “being used in an ideological way” by conservative priests who sought to move the Church backward instead of forward. Strickland began performing the TLM in 2020, just one year before the restrictions but has become a staunch advocate for the more traditional mass.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pope-forcibly-removes-texas-bishop-from-office-here-s-why/ar-AA1jRZtF

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