On New La Crosse bishop from Milwaukee

Posted on June 16 at 3:56 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

This a simple announcement of the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of La Crosse.

The Comments Section is full trolls who either dislike Bishop Morlino, or hate the Catholic Church, or disrespect all Christian faith in general.

Bishop Morlino is very patient and pastoral with his flock. Madison Catholics love him... and we are very proud that disobedient "Catholic" rags like the National Catholic Reporter find him worthy of their abuse. (The bishops that NCR loved most, like Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, have all resigned or been disciplined for covering the abuse of gay priests.)

As far as the anti-Catholic and anti-Christian comments go.... we are long accustomed to persecution.

But it is funny when modern atheists claim that faith is somehow contrary to Reason. Modern atheists have to deny a great deal of evidence in order to say this, and this denial of the evidence (miracles, prophecies fulfilled, the apparitions of Mary, the life of Jesus) is what is contrary to Reason!

The greatest of human Reason, from Aristotle to St. Thomas Aquinas, lives on the in Catholic Church. All other modern philosophies refuse to look at the evidence or allow themselves to think fully.

On Church worker’s firing sparks protest

Posted on March 17 at 2:03 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Lots of dumb comments in this thread.

For example, one poster thinks that Bishop Morlino is ambitious, desiring to be a Cardinal. If you've ever listened to Bishop Morlino speak, you will quickly know that his highest aspiration was to be a seminary professor. Our bishop is courageous; don't confuse that virtue with "ambition."

The silliest notion of all is one that says the Church is a patriarchal institution, somehow harmful to women. People -- OUR PARISHES ARE RUN BY WOMEN. Virtually every paid and volunteer chairmanship is filled by a woman. If the modern Church has any sort of problem, it's too feminine! (Catholic Men, it's time to man-up and do our part. We need to do more than drink beer at the parish picnic.)

It would have been much easier (and more politic) to allow Ms. Kolpack to continue. But she has posted her Name (and the Parish's Name) as a donor to pro-abortion groups, she's intimately involved with CALL TO ACTION and its feminist agenda, and she has a long history of speaking against the Church, the Pope, and the Bishop at any convenient venue.

Ms. Kolpack's pastor should have applied some discipline several years ago. Now that the Bishop finally has to make a decision, people are writing "suddenly" and "autocratic" and so many rude words. Is anyone really surprised by this?

We've been asleep. Waking up is painful. Don't complain about our bishop for doing his job.

On Protesters greet bishop in Janesville

Posted on March 15 at 4:41 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Hello Sardath! Where you with the Janesville protestors? I might have seen you...
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What do SSPX and CALL TO ACTION have in common?

- Both have swallowed a false belief that the Catholic Church "changed" after Vatican II.

The SSPX rejects this supposedly "new church." CALL TO ACTION hopes to advance this "new church," which they imagine is run by the laity.

Truth is, the Catholic Church is still the same Church that Jesus founded. Everything that was true before Vatican II is still true. All the sacraments after Vatican II are still valid.

And Vatican II clearly says the church is still run by bishops: priests & laity must still be obedient. (see Lumen Gentium, paragraph 18 ff.)

Actually, protesting the bishop in public with signs and jeers should incur an automatic excommunication. Accusing the Bishop before the pagans is exactly what St. Paul warned against in I Cor 6. Catholics lodging public protests are on very unsteady ground morally.

On Protesters greet bishop in Janesville

Posted on March 15 at 4:17 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Sadly, we are losing the poignant tragedy of this story. This is not at all about Gallileo, Marxism, or Pope John XXIII.

This story is about a beloved parish employee who doesn't believe what the Catholic faith teaches.

Ms. Kolpack is two things to the Catholic Church in Beloit:

a) She is beloved community leader, with a large gathering of friends and followers in Beloit. By all accounts, she has done a great deal of good work with other churches, the poor, and various ethnic communities.

b) She is also an active participant in various dissident and anti-Catholic groups, such as CALL TO ACTION and pro-abortion groups. She holds a feminist theology that insists the Catholic Church is unfair to women somehow.

It has been many years since the parish received honest catechesis on the hard Catholic truths:
- why priests must be men,
- why homosexuality is a mortal sin,
- why contraception is a mortal sin,
- the issues of chastity, fornication, and divorce

Instead, there is a risk that our children will learn that calling God "Our Father" is somehow damaging to girls and their "self-esteem."

After long, quiet discussions and chronic inaction, our bishop was finally forced to take action... and then CALL TO ACTION came to protest.

The real tragedy... the honest victims here... are the people of Beliot Catholic parishes.

What we really deserve is for Ruth Kolpack to explain why she is not suitable for leading a Catholic parish. This is her story to tell, and no one else should tell it for her.

CALL TO ACTION should stay out of this parish's private and painful business.

On Protesters greet bishop in Janesville

Posted on March 14 at 6:27 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

The firing of Ms. Kolpack had very little to do with her 2003 thesis about how she believed Catholics were praying the Mass wrong.

That was merely a symptom of her long history of disagreeing with her Church.

She donated money to pro-abortion groups, even listing her affiliation with St. Thomas Catholic parish on the list of donor/credentials.

She is deeply involved with dissident Catholic faction "Call To Action".... it was "Call To Action" who organized the protest. Faithful Beliot parishioners were unable to ask the Bishop questions, because the Call To Action protesters were jeering and insulting our the Bishop, and shouting their protests about WINSEC and such.

The Beloit parishioners had to wait until Call To Action left.

Our bishop has suffered numerous complaints from Beloit parishioners about Ms. Kolpack. And even though she is beloved by many in Beloit, we need to have faithful Catholics serving in our parishes.