Polish Bishops Vow to Resist Change at Synod on the Family

The Catholic Herald (UK) ^ | 6/15/15 | Jonathon Luxmoore

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Polish Church delegates will 'stick to the understanding of Paul VI and John Paul II', according to a bishops' conference spokesman

Poland’s Catholic bishops have pledged to resist changes to Catholic teaching on marriage and family life at October’s synod on the family at the Vatican and rejected demands for reform by German-speaking Catholics.

“Polish Church delegates will certainly stick to the understanding of Popes Paul VI and John Paul II,” said Msgr Jozef Kloch, spokesman for the Polish bishops’ conference.

“As the vicar of Christ, the Holy Father will decide what can be accepted. In this sense, we’ve nothing to fear. At the Second Vatican Council, there was also intense debate, so arguments and conflicts are quite normal,” he said.

The priest spoke after the bishops approved a position paper for the synod during meetings on June 9-10.

In a June 12 interview with Catholic News Service, he said the Polish church was determined to resist calls for reform on issues such as homosexuality and Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics.

He added that there were no plans to publish Polish responses to a questionnaire circulated to dioceses by the Vatican with the “lineamenta,” or outline, for the October 4-25 synod.

[I want the USA back]

The pope is obsessed with taking money from countries that actually work for their money. He will then give it to lazy basket case countries that don’t deserve it.