Posted on 12/10/2014 6:27:36 AM PST by marshmallow
In the run-up to last October’s synod of bishops on the family, one of the more sensational developments was the Vatican’s decision to ask bishops around the world to survey the grassroots on matters such as same-sex marriage, divorce and remarriage, and cohabitation outside marriage.
Some bishops’ conferences made a big deal of the questionnaire, even creating online opportunities for people to submit reactions, while others played it down out of concern that raising these questions risked a false impression that Church teaching is up for grabs. In hindsight, it was an early hint that the synod would be a tumultuous experience.
Apparently, the old saying “once bitten, twice shy” doesn’t apply to a synod of bishops.
On Tuesday, the Vatican released the lineamenta, or preparatory document, for the next synod called by Pope Francis for October 2015, also focused on the family. The document contains 46 questions covering much of the same ground as last time, even if the wording is designed to make clear that the basics of Catholic doctrine aren’t in doubt.
For instance, the term “indissolubility” appears in the document four times, underlining the traditional teaching that marriage is permanent and hence divorce is taboo. There are also multiple references to “greatness and beauty” of the “model of family formed by a man and a woman … and open to procreation.”
There are clear references to the Church’s ban on birth control, to condemning the “plague of abortion,” and to promoting “an efficient culture of life.”
Tuesday’s document was released in Italian, with a statement that translations in the various languages would soon be sent to bishops’ conferences. It asks that responses to the questions be submitted to Rome by April 15.
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Get ready for Disaster Part Deux.
I hope that they can clarify the annulment process so that the public understands the reasons. The church should make sure that this is not the ability of a weathly person to buy an annulment.
Apostates. Putting morality to a vote by fallen men is sort of like allowing two wolves and a sheep to vote on what’s for supper.
In reality, God has already determined morality. We can either be faithful and obedient and blessed, or we can be unfaithful and disobedient and feel His wrath. It’s obvious our culture is becoming downright masochistic.
“In the run-up to last October’s synod of bishops on the family, one of the more sensational developments was the Vatican’s decision to ask bishops around the world to survey the grassroots on matters such as same-sex marriage, divorce and remarriage, and cohabitation outside marriage”.
Absolutely not mentioned in the survey questions distributed by the Archbishop of Spokane, aka Cupich. Homosexual “marriage”, or anything else about homosexuals, or divorce and remarriage, neither one was one of the questions asked of parishoners. So where in the world John Allen gets that info is anyone’s guess. This is liberal garbage inserted into the synod at the request of Kaspar and the other leftist bishops that control Francis.
John Allen mentions same-sex marriage in his first paragraph as being one of the questions contained in the new synod questionaire. Read the questions asked. It’s not mentioned, as much as John Allen would like for it to be mentioned.
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