In Union with All the Bishops

 

So there it is.  All the bishops are to take part in the consecration on March 25th. 

For those who would pick nits about the difference between an "invitation" and an "order," it pays to recall that this particular Pope is a proven autocrat.  With him, an "invitation" is probably tantamount to an order.  For those concerned about whether Pope Francis is doing this for the "right reasons," I submit that this is none of our beeswax.  It is none of our beeswax whether the priest who offers Sunday Mass or hears our confession has mortal sins on his soul, so it can't be any of our beeswax whether the Pope is doing this for self-serving reasons.  Besides which, our Lady at Fatima did not specify the motivations or the state of mind or even the state of soul that the Pope is to have who performs the consecration.  All that matters is that he do it as asked.

If you are still worried about whether this will actually happen, then instead of complaining, go hit the Rosary beads and say fifteen decades every day through the 25th, for the specific intention that the collegial consecration finally be accomplished as asked.