Boniface is "Tired of old 'fruits' argument"

From Unam Sanctam
(and this has nothing to do with elderly gay men)

...I find serious fault with this "fruits" argument. This is the same old canard that...ha[s] been throw[n] around for decades now when any sensible criticism is leveled against the alleged apparitions: It must be from God because of all these good "fruits." This is an argument I totally reject, and I intend to give a thorough rebuttal to this oft made assertion here.

And, boy, does he. Well worth the read here.
The context is Medjugorje, however arguments are applicable to the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi.

What ever happened to the Irish?

Vocations Ireland has a nice piece on the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christi. What the heck ever happened with the Irish experiment? Marcial Maciel got tons of them at the start, and then many left as priests. Is it any wonder why the bishops there are wary? (For those who do not know, the Legion of Christ is restricted to a schedule of a couple of dioceses per year for recruitment in Ireland, and the LC has only one vocation from the Emerald Isle every few years or so).

Boon or Bust in Australia?

The article at about Regnum Christi attendance at World Youth Day in Australia mentions some countries of origin of attendees but makes no mention of numbers, a usual bragging point of the Legion of Christ.

Pickings look slim, if we judge by the photo.

Read it here.

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I didn't even run out of fingers....

Counting deacon ordinations for the Legion and their projected 50 ordinations for Xmas, I get 3 Americans in Rome, and 2 in Indiana. That is a whopping total of 5. Anyone count more? Aren't these men from the boon years of Legion of Christ US vocations of the mid 90s? Where have all the flowers gone?



Read it all here.

And BTW, why is the Legion only ordaining 50 now for the past few years? What happened to exponential growth? And what of the next few years.

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