Posted on 07/23/2016 3:43:09 PM PDT by marshmallow
An until now unpublished list of names attached to a critique of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation on family life shows the signatories to include professors at diocesan seminaries, a member of a pontifical academy, and the head of the church's ecclesiastical structure in Afghanistan.
The signatories had sent a letter to the world's Catholic cardinals asking them to "respond to the dangers to Catholic faith and morals" from Francis' Amoris Laetitia ("The Joy of Love")
The letter, which attracted press coverage earlier in the month as a possible sign of wider disagreement with Amoris Laetitia, was sent to Italian Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, and to 218 individual cardinals and patriarchs.
While organizers of the effort have not made the full document or the signatories' names public, NCR obtained a copy of the list of signatures and a short note the signers attached to a 13-page document they sent the cardinals explaining their views.
Among the signers is Barnabite Fr. Giovanni Scalese, the superior of the church's mission sui iuris in Afghanistan, which does not have a full diocese.
"I signed the letter simply because I agreed with its contents," Scalese said in an email to NCR Wednesday.
"I have the impression (but it's not for me to judge) that [Amoris Laetitia] does not constitute, as it might wish, a legitimate doctrinal development but rather a substantive breach with preceding teaching," he continued.
Among other signatories of the letter:
Luke Gormally, a former research professor at the Ave Maria School of Law who is also an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy for Life;
Several members of the Fraternity of St. Vincent Ferrer, a religious order which was founded in 1979 partly on the belief that Pope John XXIII had committed heresy but reconciled.......
(Excerpt) Read more at ncronline.org ...
Notable Catholic bloggers such as Fr. Hunwicke and Fr. Ray Blake are among the signatories. One noticeable (at least to me) absentee; Fr. Z
Wimp.
Catholic ping!
May the Lord protect these righteous teachers!
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but nothing substantial will come of this at all.
Oh, I think results will be substantial, but not good ones.
Knowing Bergoglio, heads will roll or tongue will be sliced off.
tongues
You are correct, the list is lightweight. Many of the names do nothing for the cause, but only ensure it’s instant dismissal in the Vatican. This did nothing but afford Sodano and friends a hearty laugh.
Ironically, it may do more good unofficially by being leaked to NCR, thus adding to the general awareness that something may be amiss with AL.
I hadn’t thought of bad consequences. If any of the Cardinals actually do anything with it (and that is a big “IF” IMO), then yes, those cardinals will probably suffer some sort of tongue lashing at best. I just don’t see this letter moving any cardinal that isn’t already concerned and quite frankly shouldn’t need this “lightweight” letter to light a fire under their collective butts.
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