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Fr. Richard Rohr OFM	Susanna	Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Question: Will you let me know the creditability of Fr. R Rohr's OFM teachings? He does not wear his clerics. He seems to be somewhat sartastic in some of his comments about the Church, Authority, and the Papacy. God Bless, Susanna
Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM Dear Susanna: I cannot recommend Father Richard Rohr for anything. The man is s dissident priest who disagrees with the Church's teaching on homosexuals, encourages homosexual advocacy, supports Call to Action, radical feminism, the enneagram, meditation contrary to Catholic teaching (links directly to the World Community for Christian Meditation (see my comments on it), supports Centering Prayer, promotes pagan rituals (in his "male spirituality" gobbledygook), and flirts with heresy on 1) the nature of God (opposing the notion of God as Father), 2) Original Sin (denying the spiritual reality of Original Sin), and on 3) the Redemption (denying the necessity of the Cross for redemption). This guy is a mess and hardly Catholic in his views and practices and has no credibility. A good summary of Rohr is written by Bryce Andrew Sibley, The Fr. Richard Rohr Phenomenon, in the New Oxford Review A good critique of Rohr's Center For Action and Contemplation was written in The Wanderer by Stephanie Block. God Bless, Bro. Ignatius Mary Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum

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Fr. Richard Rohr OFM

Susanna

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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Will you let me know the creditability of Fr. R Rohr's OFM teachings? He does not wear his clerics. He seems to be somewhat sartastic in some of his comments about the Church, Authority, and the Papacy.

God Bless,
Susanna

Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM

Dear Susanna:

I cannot recommend Father Richard Rohr for anything. The man is s dissident priest who disagrees with the Church's teaching on homosexuals, encourages homosexual advocacy, supports Call to Action, radical feminism, the enneagram, meditation contrary to Catholic teaching (links directly to the World Community for Christian Meditation (see my comments on it), supports Centering Prayer, promotes pagan rituals (in his "male spirituality" gobbledygook), and flirts with heresy on 1) the nature of God (opposing the notion of God as Father), 2) Original Sin (denying the spiritual reality of Original Sin), and on 3) the Redemption (denying the necessity of the Cross for redemption).

This guy is a mess and hardly Catholic in his views and practices and has no credibility.

A good summary of Rohr is written by Bryce Andrew Sibley, The Fr. Richard Rohr Phenomenon, in the New Oxford Review

A good critique of Rohr's Center For Action and Contemplation was written in The Wanderer by Stephanie Block.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary

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