De Mattei: The Plan Of “Reinterpretation” For Humanæ Vitæ

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[marshmallow]

Roberto de Mattei
Corrispondenza Romana
June 14, 2017

It will be Monsignor Gilfredo Marengo, Professor at John Paul II Pontifical Institute, the coordinator of the commission nominated by Pope Francis to “re-interpret” the encyclical Humanæ Vitæ by Paul VI, in the light of Amoris laetitia, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the former’s promulgation, which falls next year. The initial rumors of the existence of this commission, still secret, reported by Vatican reporter Marco Tosatti, were of a sound source.

We can confirm that there is a commission, made up of Monsignor Pierangelo Sequeri, Head of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute, Professor Philippe Chenaux, Lecturer in Church History at the Lateran Pontifical University and Monsignor Angel Maffeis, Head of the Paul VI Institute in Brescia. The coordinator is Monsignor Gilfredo Marengo, Lecturer in Theological Anthropology at the John Paul II Institute and member of the Steering Committee of the review CVII-Centro Vaticano II Studi e ricerche.

The commission nominated by Pope Francis has the task of procuring from the Vatican Archives, the documentation related to the preparatory work on Humanæ Vitæ, which took place over a period of three years, during and after the Second Vatican Council. The first study group on the matter “of regulating births” was constituted by John XXIII in March 1963 and grew to 75 members under Paul VI. In 1966 the “experts” delivered their conclusions to Pope Montini, and suggested opening the doors to artificial contraception.

In April 1967 the document reserved for the commission – the one from which the “re-visitation of the encyclical” should start – appeared contemporarily in France in Le Monde, in the U.K. in The Tablet and in the U.S.A in The National Catholic Reporter. Paul VI, however, after two years of wavering, published the

[Arthur McGowan]

Bergoglio hates the Catholic Church, and everything she teaches.

And it’s not just about a few lefty “issues.” He stands arrogantly in front of the Blessed Sacrament—even when surrounded by hundreds of others who are kneeling in adoration.

He will trash every element of Catholicism he can, up to the day of his death. There is no line that he will voluntarily not cross.

[momincombatboots]

The only Papal document I would ever recommend need not be changed.

[BlessedBeGod]

However, if the antithesis “the pill yes – the pill no – like today’s “Communion to the divorced yes – Communion to the divorced no” is only a polemical game, the same principle could be applied to all of the great themes of the Faith and Morality: “abortion yes – abortion no”, but also “the Resurrection yes – the Resurrection no” “original sin yes – original sin no” and so on. The very contraposition between truth and error and good and evil, becomes at this point “a polemical game”.

Just like the head of the Jesuits, Fr. Arturo Sosa, who said we have to reinterpret Christ because there were no tape recorders in His time. Well, there were no tape recorders in the Garden of Eden, or anywhere else (and do we actually have Moses' tablets showing the Ten Commandments? How do we really know what they were, or that there were really ten, or whether there were really any commandments at all ???), so it throws the entire Bible into question. Now this will throw all of faith and morality into question.

[Slyfox]

In 1966 the “experts” delivered their conclusions to Pope Montini, and suggested opening the doors to artificial contraception.

Contraception is not a subjective issue. Paul VI didn't take the "experts" advice in 1966 and he caught holy hell for it. Instead, he had the future JPII do the proper research and that is how we got Humanae Vitae.

I don't see Frankie wanting to catch holy hell from his friends for deciding for life. Instead, if he decides to abandon life, he will catch a non-worldly type of hell.

[arthurus]

Francis looks set to sanctify artificial contraception. Abortion will follow.

[ebb tide]

... he (Monsignor Marengo) cites Pope Francis at this point – we have presented a too abstract theological ideal on marriage, almost artificially constructed, far from the concrete situation and the effective possibilities of families as they really are. This excessive idealization, above all when we have reawakened trust in grace, has not made marriage more attractive and desirable, but quite the opposite." (Francis).

All good Catholic families should consider the above statement a slap in the face from the "vicar" of Christ.

[Arthur McGowan]

We are no longer discussing, “Can a heretic be Pope?” The question now is, “Can an apostate be Pope?”

We have a pro-abortion Pope! Pro-sodomy, pro-adultery, pro-abortion!

And he stands arrogantly in front of the Blessed Sacrament, even when hundreds of others are all around him, kneeling in adoration.

[ebb tide]

I agree. I have long considered him an apostate; ever since he advised the late Tony Palmer to refrain from converting to Catholicism.

[piusv]

I think it is important to repeat what I said in another thread re: Humanae Vitae. HV was never fully orthodox. Any Francis-modifications would just be yet another step further away from traditional Catholic teaching. Too many Catholics seem to think HV is wholly traditional, but it is not:

Humanae Vitae already taught error, specifically regarding the ends of marriage. Before HV, the Catholic Church always taught that the primary purpose of marriage is the procreation and education of children and that the secondary purpose is to furnish mutual aid and a remedy for concupiscence.

Paul VI taught that the ends of marriage were both unitive and procreative at the same time and mentioned procreation second rather than first. He did not make it clear that there were two ends of marriage with procreation above the other.

Given Paul VI also promulgated the heretical teachings of Vatican II, it's really not surprising to see him contradict this Catholic teaching as well.

[ebb tide]

And he stands arrogantly in front of the Blessed Sacrament, even when hundreds of others are all around him, kneeling in adoration.

I wonder what he'll do on the Feast of Corpus Christi.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Maybe they’ll put out a new combined document.

Amorphous Vitae?

[heterosupremacist]

arthurus - Francis looks set to sanctify artificial contraception. Abortion will follow. Francisco can NOT sanctify it, but he CAN allow it (by looking the other way.) Lord, have mercy on us.