Father Cole is lamenting the fact that his missive was brought up Friday on the Catholic cable channel EWTN and is being discussed widely on the Internet since Mr. Balestrieri posted it on his Web site, www.defide.org.
"It's a letter about an abstract question," the priest said. "It's not from the Vatican at all. It has no authority at all. None. Zip. Zero. It's not the teaching of the church; it's me implying what I think are the teachings."
"abstract question" how is this an "abstract question"
The good Fr. Cole who is himself a consultor to Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith should be joyous to be proclaiming the truth in defence of the innocent unborn, not shying away from it!
"I went to Rome in person to submit two critical questions to the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith," Balestrieri is quoted as saying. "The first: Whether or not the church's teaching condemning any direct abortion is a dogma of Divine and Catholic Faith, and if the denial and doubt of the same constitutes heresy. The second: Whether or not a denial of the church's teaching condemning every right to abortion also constitutes heresy. Father Cole, an expert theologian who studied the matter carefully, responded in the affirmative on both counts."
Prayers for renewed Courage and Zeal for Fr. Cole.
