Posted on 08/26/2015 6:27:36 PM PDT by marshmallow
CHICAGO – Catholics must avoid being rigid, embrace change, and show mercy, not harsh judgment, toward nontraditional families.
That was the message from Chicago’s Archbishop Blase Cupich Sunday afternoon after receiving his pallium, a wool stole that is a piece of liturgical regalia symbolizing his connection to the pope, from the papal ambassador to the United States.
In a 15-minute homily, Cupich said bishops and other Catholics should avoid “absolutizing one particular era” by remembering the richness and diversity of their faith.
At the same time, the Church should be “open to new avenues and creativity when it comes to accommodating families, particularly those who are broken, those who have suffered” and “not settle for solutions that no longer work, expressions that no longer inspire, and ways of working that stifle creativity and collaboration.”
He cited St. John XXIII, a reformer pope credited with ushering the Catholic Church into the modern era with his launch of the Second Vatican Council, and Pope Francis, highlighting his calls to protect the environment and to find new approaches to pastoral ministry.
Cupich said that John XXIII, canonized by Francis last year, “called the entire Church to a fresh appreciation of the ancient teaching of the medicine of mercy in an era when many in the Church preferred the narrow path of severity and condemnation.”
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In fact, there's no such thing. It's either a family or it's not. A family is based on the sacrament of marriage. (#2685, Catechism of the Catholic Church) Where there's no valid marriage, there's no family.
Note also the tired but obligatory demonizing of those who uphold Catholic teaching handed down through two millenia as "preferring the narrow path of severity and condemnation".
Cupich = Kasper's lap dog and point man in America.
absolutizing one particular era”
ABSOLUTIZING??? is that even a word??
what horse pucky!!
so this means he is open to giving Communion to divorced Catholics as well???
He seems open to anything but Tradition.
Bull’s eye marshy.
Cupich is a fraud Catholic and the well formed Catholics all know it. We need mercy directed for the stupid ones and the ignorant ones, who sit at the feet of dissidents like Cupich.
The only bad thing is getting Cupich’s name confused with the other good bishop in Philadelphia, I believe.
Spousal abandonment, adultery and sodomy do not make families.
Wow. All I can say is the Roman Church is in deep trouble when they have high ranking clergy spouting the official line of the Episcopal Church.
““absolutizing one particular era””
By which he means that remaining faithful to Our Lord is a bad thing.
Something must be done.
“At the same time, the Church should be “open to new avenues and creativity when it comes to accommodating families, particularly those who are broken, those who have suffered” and “not settle for solutions that no longer work, expressions that no longer inspire, and ways of working that stifle creativity and collaboration.”
You mean accommodate sin. The Sacrament of Marriage should accommodate those who are suffering with sin.
Over at Fr. Dwight Longnecker’s blog, the actual words and the media’s “interpretation” of them is clarified:
“The Archbishop explained the tradition of the pallium and the unity of his ministry with that of the Pope and said,
So, too, the pope guards the treasures of our faith so that nothing is lost, ever keeping before us the entire tradition, lest we end up absolutizing one particular era.
O’Loughlin reported these words as:
Cupich said bishops and other Catholics should avoid “absolutizing one particular era” by remembering the richness and diversity of their faith.
Is it just me, or does it seem that O’Loughlin made the Archbishop say precisely the opposite of what he actually said? Continue Reading”
So once again, either from complete dishonesty or the simple inability of the journalist class to hear and understand, and more importantly, write with comprehension, the waters are roiled.
I apologize to the Archbishop for my comment upthread. In the future, I must remember that the media is not correct when matters of faith, particularly the Catholic faith is concerned.
You can read the entire homily, word for word, free of O'Loughlin's or Fr. Longenecker's take on it.
Courtesy of Pope Francis' "BFF", Cardinal O'Malley.
"...As a member of the pope's advisory Cabinet, O'Malley will weigh in on and help propose church reforms. But given his papal friendship, the Boston cardinal will also serve as an unofficial adviser on major appointments in the U.S., including the important choice of a replacement for Cardinal Francis George in Chicago..."
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