Ambiguity also surrounded Kasper’s treatment of Christ’s claim to be the Son of God with the Resurrection and Ascension being questionable historical events.
Heck, what does it matter. A Spanish press has just published the collected press interviews of Pope Francis, which is where he usually says his really stupid stuff. Apparently, he regards these vapid and careless remarks as his “teaching.” (Also, I heard in a Spanish discussion of this that he is now the most interviewed public figure in the world, and never turns down an interview and in fact even arranges them.)
Kasper is just following in his master’s steps, saying any old thing that comes into his mind because now it’s okay to do so.