He’s the best we’ve got, bar none. This punitive demotion tells many of us everything we need to know about what’s going on in Rome.
Brian - do you have any insights as to why he was demoted?
“...On the question of homosexual unions, legalized by the Brazilian Supreme Court in 2011, Cardinal Damasceno Assis is quoted as saying,
“It is a decision by the Supreme [Federal Court, the highest Constitutional Court in Brazil]. Of course, for the Church, it [homosexual union] cannot be equated to marriage, that is different. But, regarding respect for the stable union between these people, there is no doubt that the Church has always [sempre] been trying to do it this way”, said Damasceno Assis
Raymundo Cardinal Damasceno Assis of Aparecida happens to be one of the three Presidents appointed by Pope Francis for the upcoming Extraordinary Synod on the Family.”
http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2014/09/motus-in-fine-velocior-1-purge-sandro.html