After the publication of the Vatican Insider, Pope Francis removed Archbishop Hon from the Congregation and moved him to Greece. If you recall, Vatican Insider stated that Archbishop Hon cleared both Father Paul and Monsignor James despite the overwhelming evidence against them. He also rescinded the contract with the Lewis Roca and hired "Swanson & McNamara", which was a very expensive law firm in San Francisco. He also started a series of interrogations of priests and seminarians from the Redemptoris Mater Seminary. The article stated that the seminarians were placed before a cross road: to obey Archbishop Apuron or "an archbishop invested by the powers of God." In one of his meetings with the Guam faithful, Archbishop Hon was also heard saying that he is the one with all the power. Archbishop Hon also stated in news report that he rescinded the Deed Restriction, but Father Pius (the rector of the seminary) came out and stated that only the Archbishop of Agana or his successor have the authority to rescind the Deed Restriction. Shortly after that, Father Pius was removed as rector of the seminary and told to leave. In humble obedience, he obeyed. Archbishop Hon was also the one who judged Archbishop Apuron guilty without due process of the law.
After the publication of the article from the Vatican Insider, Pope Francis removed Archbishop Hon from the Congregation of the Evangelisation of Peoples and sent him to Greece. According to Vatican news:
Resignations and Appointments, 28.09.2017
Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Greece
Appointment of under-secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples
Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Greece
The Holy Father has appointed as apostolic nuncio in Greece H.E. Msgr. Savio Hon Tai-Fai, titular archbishop of Sila, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.
Appointment of under-secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples
The Holy Father has appointed as under-secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Rev. Fr. Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I., currently secretary general of the Pontifical Missionary Societies.
Fr. Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I.
The Rev. Fr. Ryszard Szmydki, O.M.I. was born on 26 April 1951 in Tarebiski, Poland; in 1970 he entered the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, in which he gave his perpetual vow on 21 January 1977.
He was ordained a priest on 2 July 1978; he subsequently obtained a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Urbanian University and a doctorate from the Catholic University of Lublin, where he was also a lecturer for several years.
He served as a missionary in Cameroon for two years.
In 2005, after returning to Poland, he was appointed as provincial vicar for missions. In 2010 he was elected as provincial superior of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Poland and re-elected in 2013.
On 3 April 2014 he was appointed as secretary general of the Pontifical Mission Societies.
Aside from his native Polish, he also knows Italian, French and English.
Looks like James, Jeff and mike will have to travel to Greece to get their pearls of wisdom from the holy HON! Heheheh.
ReplyDeleteWOW HHS Secretary Tom Price charter flight travel,reminds me of Monsignor James spending church money for himself for his fancy hotel party.
DeleteAnon @ 10:54 PM I don't think they will have to travel to Greece because they can always Skype with Hon LOL
Deletehttps://www.gloria.tv/article/YUDWH7pzhNRd6q4TTZLExG7SE
ReplyDeleteTranslation into English of the article from www.gloria.tv/article above from anonymous 7:33 am. (Things in Rome are buzzing about the Hon demotion):
DeleteOn September 28, Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, 66, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, was appointed a new apostolic nuncio in Greece. Hon has never supported diplomatic missions and is a former professor of theology. In 2016 he was apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Agana, Guam. There could be two reasons for the awesome removal of Hon: his opposition to the obsequious behavior of the Vatican towards China, or his erroneous judgment on the situation in Guam, where, after all, the discussed Archbishop Anthony Apuron could become the victim of a real defamatory attack.
http://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2017/09/28/dalla-cina-a-roma-ad-atene-passando-per-guam-le-peripezie-di-hon-tai-fai/
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous at 7:33 and 7:37 am,
DeleteThank you for the weblinks. Although it is in Italian, my computer was able to translate it into English.
The journalist Sandro Magister, with traditionalist tendencies, is one of the best known Vaticanists in the world, renowned friend of Card. Burke, often critical of the neocatechumenal Way, wrote for the blog "chiesa.espresso" wrote an article in which he hypothesized conspiracy against Mgr. Apuron and in which he stigmatizes the figure of Msgr. Benavente.
ReplyDeleteThe publication of the Guam article in Vatican Insider and the demotion of Hon are perhaps linked? All in a matter of a week! Wow!
DeleteAlso, all this buzz in Rome about the corruption of Benavente seems to me like the stench of a dead body. We can smell the odor and we are coming very close to discovering the actual "corpse" and "root" of corruption.
Let's see ...
I think I'm confused. If Hon is now an Apostolic Nuncio like Archbishop Martin Krebs does that mean he was demoted from his job at the Vatican? I guess I'm confused because I thought Archbishop Krebs was like the Pope's representative to us here on Guam and that was an important job. But from this post it sounds like it's a demotion for Archbishop Hon.
ReplyDeletePlease help me understand. Thank you.
Although Hon's appointment is an important one (for Greece), he no longer holds any position within the Roman Curia.
DeleteHon was demoted from a powerful position in the Roman Curia and banished to a foreign out of the Way post which is insignificant in the intricate world of Vatican politics.
DeleteIt's like the governor of guam demoting the Director of Guam Waterworks to the position of the Water Inspector at the Agana pool.
Get the picture?
Hon is a bad Archbishop putting Judgment of guilty on his own brother Archbishop Apuron the true Archbishop of Guam,,,,,,,,
ReplyDeleteLet us all pray that HON will not do the same damage to the Church in Greece (60,000 Catholics) that he did to the Church in Guam. Let us all pray
ReplyDeletehttp://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2017/09/28/from-china-to-rome-to-athens-passing-through-guam-the-ups-and-downs-of-tai-fai-hon/
ReplyDeleteEnglish version
Dear Anonymous at 2:48 am,
DeleteThank you. The post has been updated into proper English translation.
If Archbishop Hon is bad as you all claim, then why of all great bishops archbishops was he chosen to restore order in the archdiocese?
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous at 2:51 am,
DeleteI am not the Pope, so I would not know. I believe that Archbishop Byrnes also do not know why he was chosen to be the Coadjutor Archbishop of Guam.