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Pope again flexes papal muscle to keep tabs on cardinals
- Associated Press, Vatican
- June 16, 2017
Pope Francis has revived what has been called a “noble tradition” of asking cardinals to inform him when they leave town and where they’re going. This show of papal muscle comes after the pope wrote a letter asking for obedience to a rioting diocese in Nigeria and the tensions with the Knights of Malta.
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Three ironies about a dramatic show of papal muscle in Nigeria
- All Things Catholic, Analysis
- June 11, 2017
At the popular level, Pope Francis often is perceived as a lovey-dovey man of dialogue and peace. However, beneath that surface still beats the heart of a classic Jesuit superior, and a dramatic show of papal muscle in Nigeria this week confirms that when the time comes for obedience, he fully and completely expects to get it.
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Pope tells Nigerian priests to accept bishop or be suspended
- Catholic News Service, Global Church, Vatican
- June 10, 2017
Pope Francis has demanded obedience from priests in a Nigerian Diocese where the bishop has been unable to take up residence. Nigerian church leaders met Francis to discuss the situation of Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke, who was appointed bishop of Ahiara by then-Pope Benedict XVI in 2012, but has been rejected by the clergy because he is not from the diocese.
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