Cardinals Clash Over Demand to Meet Pope

RTE ^ | 7/13/17

[marshmallow]

A year before Pope Francis' anticipated visit to Ireland to celebrate the Catholic family, one of his closest aides has sharply criticised four cardinals for publicly demanding that he meet them to clarify whether he still believes marriage is for life.

Speaking in Limerick, Cardinal Christoph Schonborn said the pontiff is encouraging pastors to help divorced people who have entered new civil marriages to follow their consciences on the question of whether they should receive the Eucharist.

Speaking to journalists in advance of addressing third-level students in the city, the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna described the demoted Vatican official, Cardinal Raymond Burke and his three fellow prelates who have cast doubt on the pope's latest book, 'Amoris Laetitia' ('The Joy of Love') as leaders "who should be the closest collaborators of the pope" for publicly trying "to force, put pressure on" the pontiff to meet them.

The cardinal reiterated that the teaching of the Catholic Church is that marriage is indissoluble but that this does not address every question pastors have to deal with in everyday life.

He said the four cardinals "want to discuss that principle but that the principle is clear".

"But the question is always how the principle applies in an individual situation," the Austrian cardinal said.

[marshmallow]

.....the demoted Vatican official, Cardinal Raymond Burke and his three fellow prelates who have cast doubt on the pope's latest book, 'Amoris Laetitia'

LOL.....this is the Irish public TV and radio system. Morons.

[Bayard]

We’ll it certainly was needlessly verbose. I could excuse them a bit if it was satirical.