Posted on 11/15/2016 7:21:18 PM PST by marshmallow
November 14, 2016 (CatholicAction) -- Today four cardinals released a historic letter they had written to Pope Francis in September asking him to clarify his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, which has been interpreted by numerous Church leaders to allow practices that violate the Church's traditional teaching and practice. Catholic Action for Faith and Family has published today an exclusive interview with Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the four, in which he explains the letter and why he considered it a duty to publish it. LifeSiteNews publishes it here with their kind permission.
Catholic Action: Your Eminence, thank you for taking the time to have this interview with us about what you have published today. The substance of the documents which you and the other Cardinals have made public is called “Dubia.” Can you please explain what Dubia means and what the presentation of Dubia involves?
Cardinal Burke: It is my pleasure to discuss these important matters with you. The title of the document is, “Seeking Clarity: A Plea to Untie the Knots in ‘Amoris Laetitia’.” It has been co-authored by four cardinals: Walter Cardinal Brandmüller, Carlo Cardinal Caffarra, Joachim Cardinal Meisner, and myself. My fellow cardinals and I are publicizing a plea that we have made to the Holy Father, Pope Francis, regarding his recent Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia. Portions of the document contain ambiguities and statements that are like knots that cannot be easily untied and are causing great confusion. Sharing the Pope’s devotion to Our Lady, Untier of Knots, we are asking him to clarify these ambiguous statements and, with the help of God, to untie some of the knotty statements of the document for the good of souls.
Dubia is the plural form of the Latin word, dubium which means a question or a doubt. When, in the....
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To be sure, we do know who the phrase “author of confusion” does not apply to.
In logic as well as in law, a directive cannot be binding if it is not clear about what is intended to be “bound”. A law cannot require or prohibit something if it doesn’t make explicit just what it is requiring or prohibiting.<p
Cdl Raymond Burke is probably the most highly qualified man on the planet to analyze the matter before him. I’m awfully glad he’s got both the smarts and the stones. Most of ‘em have either one or the other; few have both.
And that is exactly what Bergoglio is doing.
Exactly.
This is what some folks believe(d) about Vatican II. Does he believe the same thing about Vatican II? And if so, has he ever demanded clarification of it or shown any concern over it? If not, why not? Shouldn't he be AT LEAST as concerned about the Second Vatican Council's "serious ambiguities that confuse people and can lead them into error and grave sin"? Or is he just not as Modernist as Francis is?
Have you asked Cardinal Burke himself these questions pertaining to him? I don’t see how anybody at FR could respond on his behalf.
I would think that those who would like to see him pope one day would know.
What?
Those Catholics who wish to see Burke pope one day should really know at least where he stands on Vatican II...that is if that is important to them. Strong Burke supporters should have some sort of inkling and based on the number of pro-Burke posts on this forum I would expect that at least one of these supporters could answer at least some of my questions.
Instead, I'm told to go ask him myself. What a cop-out.
Yeah. Personal responsibility. Bummer.
Yet another non-answer. How about you return to not posting to me....especially given your non-answers anyway.
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