Posted on 09/24/2015 6:40:20 PM PDT by marshmallow
September 23, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) -- A new biography about Cardinal Godfried Danneels, former primate of Belgium, alleges that he “congratulated” Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt when same-sex “marriage” was made legal in the country in 2003. The book, which is coming out this week, says that while the cardinal was opposed to calling homosexual unions “marriages,” he expressed satisfaction over the disappearance of “discrimination” against LGBT couples.
In an article presenting the forthcoming book by Jürgen Mettepenningen and Karim Schelkens about Cardinal Danneels, who headed the Catholic Church in Belgium from 1979 to 2010, De Standaard quoted their allegation in its headlines on Friday, making Danneels’ approval of homosexual unions the focal point of his office.
Jürgen Mettepenningen is a former Benedictine monk who after having been ordained a deacon left his monastery in order to study theology. He married and taught theology at the University of Louvain before joining the diocese of Brussels as spokesman for Archbishop André Léonard; he is now active in the Study Center of the Christian Democrats. His co-author, Karim Schelkens, is a Church historian and Catholic theologian, who teaches contemporary Church history at the University of Louvain in Belgium and in the Tilburg University across the border in the Netherlands.
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Danneels' next appearance will be at the Synod of Bishops as a special invitee of Pope Francis while the faithful Cardinal Burke wanders the streets of Malta.
Jeez folks. None of us would be Christians today if Charlemagne hadn’t forced our European ancestors to convert or die. If you don’t like the pope come to my church. Presbyterians dont worry about popes.
I must note this former prelate is no longer in office, and had been out of office since 2010 when the decision was made in 2013. I would think that would undermine any official status his opinion might be granted by those who would use that to attack the Church.
And I must note that this heretic has been personally selected by Francis to attend his upcoming SinNod II.
>>Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the former archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels in Belgium, who in 1990 tried to convince Belgian King Baudouin to sign an abortion bill into law. In 2013 Danneels referred to gay “marriage” laws as a “positive development.” Cardinal Danneels was infamously caught on a recording urging a victim of 13 years of sexual abuse at the hands of his friend and colleague Bishop Roger Vangheluwe not to go to the police. This is the second time he has been personally invited by Pope Francis to be a Synod Father.<<
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/family-leaders-alarmed-at-popes-personal-invitees-for-synod
Pope Francis seems to deliberately surround himself with "corrupt, lavender rogues".
Cardinal Danneels: former PRIMATE of Belgium.
Could the author mean PRELATE instead?
Yes, but he was specially invited by the Pope to be a delegate at the Synod, despite the fact that he is long retired. Also, Danneels was known to be heavily involved in the particularly awful pederasty scandal (which involved a number of important clergy and also secular government people in Belgium) that destroyed the Church in Belgium. He shouldn’t even show his face in public.
He was replaced by somebody much more conservative, Leonard, who was immediately attacked by feminist and gay groups and was forced out by the left on trumped up grounds (for failing to pay the claim of a supposed sex abuse victim left over from Danneels’ tenure) this summer. The see is vacant but expected to go to Bonny - who openly favors “gay marriage.”
Primate is the term for the holder of the primatial - or most important - see of a country.
Thank you for explaining that.
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