Posted on 09/15/2015 6:52:08 PM PDT by ebb tide
Voice of the Family notes with alarm that amongst the special appointees Pope Francis has invited to the Ordinary Synod there are prelates who have demonstrated support for positions contrary to the teaching or practice of the Catholic Church. (For further information on the positions supported by these prelates, click the relevant links below.)
The list of appointees, who will be attending the Synod solely because of the Holy Father’s invitation, includes:
– Godfried Cardinal Danneels, Archbishop Emeritus of Mechlin-Brussels
– John Cardinal Dew, Archbishop of Wellington
– Walter Cardinal Kasper, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity
– Oscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
– Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna
– Donald Cardinal Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington
– Archbishop Blaise Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago
The list of special appointees also includes Mgr Pio Vito Pinto, who headed the commission that introduced radical annulment reforms last week. In an article in the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, Mgr Pinto openly stated that the reforms are intended by the Holy Father to (a) benefit the “divorced and remarried” and (b) greatly increase the number of marriages declared null.
There are other prelates attending the Synod whose presence there should cause grave concern to all who wish to defend the family based on marriage, and the children who are its most vulnerable members. These include:
– Lorenzo Cardinal Baldisseri, General Secretary of the Synod
– Reinhard Cardinal Marx, Archbishop of Münich and Freising
– Vincent Cardinal Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster
– Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for New Evangelization
– Archbishop Bruno Forte, Special Secretary of the Synod
– Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin
– Archbishop Heiner Koch, Archbishop of Berlin
– Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
– Bishop Franz-Josepf Hermann Bode, Bishop of Osnabrück
– Bishop Johan Bonny, Bishop of Antwerp
– Bishop Jean-Paul Vesco, Bishop of Orans
In an interview with Portuguese broadcaster Radio Renascenca Pope Francis confirmed that the Instrumentum Laboris would be the basis for discussion at the Synod. He said:
“As for the synod, you journalists are already familiar with the Instrumentum Laboris. We are going to speak of that, of what is in there. It’s three weeks, one theme, one chapter, for each week.”
We demonstrated in our analysis of the document that the Instrumentum Laboris constitutes a direct attack on the entire edifice of Catholic doctrine on life, marriage and the family. In particular it does this by:
– Undermining the doctrine of Humanae Vitae by proposing a false understanding of the relationship between conscience and the moral law (paragraph 137)
– Discussing artificial methods of reproduction without giving any judgement on the morality of such methods or making any reference to previous Catholic teaching, or to the enormous loss of human life that results from their use (paragraph 34)
– Proposing the admission of the “divorced and remarried” to Holy Communion without amendment of life (paragraphs 120-125) – Reducing the indissolubility of marriage to the level of an “ideal” (paragraph 42)
– Suggesting that cohabitation and “living together” have “positive aspects” and can, to some extent, be considered legitimate forms of union (paragraphs 57, 61, 63, 99, 102)
– Preparing the ground for the acceptance of same-sex unions by acknowledging the need to define “the specific character of such unions in society” (paragraph 8)
– Denying the full rights of parents regarding the provision of sex education to their children (paragraph 86)
The Ordinary Synod has a heterodox agenda and many of the prelates attending it have already shown themselves either supportive of that agenda or unwilling to resist it. The family is in grave danger from threats emanating from within the Church, as well as from international institutions and national governments.
The time has come for all Catholics, at every level of the Church, to recognize the full gravity of the crisis that now engulfs us. Each and every one of us, clergy or lay, has the right and the duty to defend Catholic doctrine and practice from attacks by members of the hierarchy.
According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they possess, they [the Christian faithful] have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful, without prejudice to the integrity of faith and morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of persons.
– Code of Canon Law, Canon 212 §3
According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they possess, they [the Christian faithful] have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful, without prejudice to the integrity of faith and morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of persons.
– Code of Canon Law, Canon 212 §3
Ping
If this Pope thinks he will bring some kind of rebirth to the Church by embracing Protestantism he is a fool; he need only look at their empty pews to see where that leads. If they weaken the faith to the point where we’re all saved because Christ died for our sins, then why would anyone even remain in the Church?
Cleaning up the corrupt good-ol’-boy system by which bishops are nominated was of NO CONCERN to JPII. He didn’t even read the dossiers. Benedict tried, and failed. Francis is personally nominating the WORST priests available.
Most of these TERRIBLE bishops were appointed by JPII.
He needs to be fired. Bad
For the first time in my life, the Church feels like N. Korea. There is great freedom on the internet, but in real life, NO ONE dares to question Dear Leader.
He is the worst Pope in many centuries.
The worst thing is knowing that, if he could push a button and kill 320 million Americans, he would, and that THE POPE is a participant in almost all of Obama’s lies—Islam is peace, ISIS is not Islamic, the “refugee” problem is the result of INCOME INEQUALITY.
Yes, the Pope makes little squawks about abortion and “gender ideology,” but he appoints the WORST priests he can find as bishops—who are out there cuddling with pro-abortion politicians and pro-abortion activists. Chaput’s thing on “families” is absolutely RIDDLED, from top to bottom, with pro-abortion Democrats. They hold dozens of honorary and real positions in the organization.
Have found such efforts to be a complete waste of time.
Ignore him.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-archbishop-cupich-synod-met-20150915-story.html
The great defender of marriage Archbishop Cordileone ignored in favor of Bravo Dolan and the equally worthless Cupich, who refuses to let priests be part of pro-life marches. Both also give communion to pro-aborts. Francis stacking the deck with democrat operatives over real men of God who actually practice the faith
this Pope is a clear danger and threat to the Church. one should not be too surprised when Divine Intervention steps in and stops this threat.
The worst in centuries. I agree.
I’m no historian, but I binged for “bad Popes,” and there’s an article by that name on Wikipedia.
The last officially Bad Pope was 300 years ago, so I would say that Bergoglio is the worst Pope in 300 years.
These evil men are going to cause a terrible schism...And there aren’t even any cranes at the Vatican.
Easily, though I would go back a great deal more. We have had popes who strayed into heresy, but I cannot think of one as notorious as this for favoring it. One always hesitates to say so when it comes to Church history, but this state of affairs — incompetence, faithlessness, duplicity — may be without precedent. It is a time for prayer.
No kidding....wow...there might be hope for EWTN afterall.
What was the show on EWTN?
I don’t have cable, but if I know the name of the show, I should be able to find it.
I have a friend in the diocese of Trier. Last week, he said they were in the middle of a diocesan synod, and he didn’t see how schism could be avoided.
Since Paul VI, discipline in the Church has been nil. Francis just appointed a dozen bishops to the October synod who, under Pius XII, would have removed from their dioceses and made chaplain in a nursing home for elderly nuns.
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