Posted on 08/17/2017 12:10:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The former prefect of the Apostolic Signatura explains in a new interview how a correction of parts of the Holy Father’s magisterium would be enacted, pays tribute to the recently deceased Cardinal Meisner, and stresses the importance of true mercy.
In a new interview, Cardinal Raymond Burke has said it is “now necessary” that a declaration be issued on key areas of Church doctrine that are “not clear” in Pope Francis’ teachings.
The Holy Father will then be “obliged to respond” in order to bring clarification to those teachings, he said.
The cardinal told The Wanderer newspaper Aug. 14 that such a formal act of correction has not been invoked “for several centuries” and until now it has never been used “in a doctrinal way.”
But he said it would be “quite simple” and involve presenting on the one hand the “clear teaching of the Church” and on the other “what is actually being taught by the Roman Pontiff.” The teaching in question in particular relates to doctrinal matters published in the Pope's 2016 apostolic exhortation, Amoris laetitia.
“If there is a contradiction, the Roman Pontiff is called to conform his own teaching in obedience to Christ and the Magisterium of the Church,” the cardinal explained, adding that a “formal declaration” would be submitted to the Holy Father to which he would be “obliged to respond.”
The cardinal stressed that the dubia, five questions which he and three other cardinals (Cardinals Carlo Caffarra, Walter Brandmüller and Joachim Meisner) issued nearly a year ago, aimed to give the Holy Father the occasion to clarify these aspects of Church teaching.
(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...
May God’s holy angels continue to protect and strengthen Cardinal Raymond Burke...
Amen.
Given the many warnings, certainly of Fatima, of past popes and several canonized saints, and in Sacred Scripture, it is hard for me to see how this ends well, for Cardinal Burke, as well as for the Church Militant.
Seems that so late is the hour and so intense are the dark forces that the evil one has loosened over the earth, I wonder if Burke is in grave danger, in that he could be censored from speaking, he could possibly be ex-communicated, or God forbid, martyred.
I hold out very little hope for a formal earthly management effort (a Correction) to ever solve the insufferable condition in the Vatican, Rome, but rather expect to await a great intervention of God, our Savior.
Lord, have Mercy.
I’ll believe it when I see it. So far there has been nothing but all talk and no action.
I still think these guys are waiting/hoping for his death or resignation whichever comes first.
Tomorrow I’ll read carefully and pray for Cardinal Burke at Mass.
I do pray for Pope Francis every day. It’s almost as if he has multiple personalities, and that suggests even darker thoughts. Lord, help us.
God knows all about it, and God is not surprised.
But God apparently delights in "surprising" us, according to the Francis. :)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.