Posted on 04/28/2019 4:32:40 PM PDT by ebb tide
ROME - Countering critics of Benedict XVI's recent essay on the scandal of sex abuse in the Church, Cardinal Gerhard Müller on Friday emphasized that Church renewal must be centered on Christ and his teaching.
“Rebuilding and renewing the whole Church can only succeed in Christ—if we get our bearings by the Church’s teaching on faith and morals,” the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith wrote in an essay published April 26 at First Things.
Benedict's essay looked at the abuse crisis in the context of the sexual revolution of the 1960s, the concurrent collapse in moral theology, and their effect on priestly life and formation. Some responded to his thoughts as though he were setting himself against Pope Francis.
Müller reflected that “Benedict was and is the most important figure in the Church’s fight against this crisis,” given his role in drafting the Church's 2001 norms on the gravest of crimes: “He has the widest view of and deepest insight into this problem, its causes and history.”
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If there is no reconciliation, as years pass, the situation of the parties may change. Mercy may call for leaving the second marriage in place,” he said.
What crap is this ebb tide? Click baiting your own article? Jeesh. Now I know to avoid you.
What are you babbling about?
Catholic ‘morals’? WTF?
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