Posted on 10/06/2016 4:47:49 PM PDT by marshmallow
Change comes on the heels of controversial new appointments at the head of the institute for studies on marriage and the family
In a last minute change, Pope Francis will open the academic year at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family in Rome, replacing Cardinal Robert Sarah whom the Institute had originally scheduled for the task.
The news of the Holy Father’s attendance at the Oct. 27 inauguration comes just weeks after the Pope controversially hand-picked two prelates — Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia and Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri — to head the institute.
The appointments caused some distress as Archbishop Paglia and Msgr. Sequeri, respectively the Institute’s new grand chancellor and president, have expressed views that critics say contradict the moral clarity of the Church’s traditional approach to marriage and the family, something the Institute has always tried to uphold.
Their arrival also came on the heels of the Synods on the Family when some elements of Pope St. John Paul II's teaching on marriage and the family were sidelined by the synod organizers in favor of the kinds of views held by the new leadership.
Some see the replacement of Cardinal Sarah, who heads the Vatican's department for liturgy, as a blow to the African cardinal whose preference for clarity when it comes to the Church's moral teaching is well known. His substitution also follows his outspoken comments in July, advocating priests to celebrate Mass facing East, which earned him a reprimand from the Vatican.
But others are more sanguine about the news, and say the Pope’s presence is being seen as fitting because the following month, on Nov. 22, the Institute will celebrate 35 years since its founding. Proponents argue that it’s better to have just one event attended by the Pope to mark......
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Disgusting. Sarah should be replacing Francis.
Hey Robert Cardinal Sarah is an actual Catholic. Frankie ain’t havin’ none of that.
Another “Burke” being pulled on Cardinal Sarah?
Quelle surprise - especially right after the publication of Cdl Sarah’s latest brilliant book.
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