@EdwardPentin..STRICKLAND: “..I can't quote directly that he said [the deposit of faith] doesn't exist, but it definitely wasn't an emphasis.. ‘Quit emphasizing this so much and get with the program.’...

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RAYMOND ARROYO: “Some outlets have been reporting that, when you met with Cardinal Pierre at the Nunciature in Washington, he said something to you to the effect of: ‘The Holy Father is watching you […] You need to stop talking about the deposit of faith. There is no deposit of faith.’ Do you recall an exchange like that?   BISHOP STRICKLAND: “Well, that was from a couple of years ago, and to be a little more precise about it, I wouldn't say His Eminence then, he was Archbishop two years ago, but His Eminence, Christophe Pierre, basically [said]: ‘Quit emphasizing this deposit of faith so much. It's not what we need to focus on.’ I can't quote directly that he said [the deposit of faith] doesn't exist, but it definitely wasn't an emphasis, and that's what they were telling me two years ago: ‘Quit emphasizing this so much and get with the program.’ It's what I heard. I mean, he didn't use those words, but that's what I heard. And with this, what happened a week ago, His Eminence basically said it was sort of: ‘You didn't get the warning two years ago, Pope Francis has made his decision: You need to be relieved of your work as Bishop of Tyler.’ I said I can't resign. I said I respect that, yes, the Holy Father, as Supreme Pontiff, has the authority, if he chooses to, to remove me from that office, and he did choose to do so.” https://youtu.be/jlh1Y5GsMmI?si=QmKKvxCjnp4JUXD1…

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