Posted on 12/12/2017 12:45:57 PM PST by ebb tide
The publication of the Pope's letter to the Buenos Aires bishops mean the matter is 'hopefully' settled, the cardinal said
The controversy over Amoris Laetitia has come to an end, Cardinal Walter Kasper has said.
The admission of divorced and remarried people to the sacraments in certain individual cases is now the only correct interpretation of the document, he claimed, following the official publication of the Pope’s letter to the Buenos Aires bishops.
In an op-ed for the German language edition of Vatican Radio, translated by CNA, Cardinal Kasper said that “with the official publication of the letter from Pope Francis to the bishops of the Buenos Aires region, the painful dispute over the apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia is hopefully over.”
He said that the “great majority of God’s people have already received [Amoris Laetitia] with gratitude and may now feel confirmed,” and accused critics of “one-sided moral objectivism” that fails to appreciate “the importance of the personal conscience in the moral act”.
The cardinal said admitting people in objective states of sin to the sacraments has its basis in traditional teaching “especially that of Thomas Aquinas and the Council of Trent.”
“It is not a novelty, but a renewal of an old tradition against neo-scholastic constrictions. As proven experts of the doctrine of Pope John Paul II have shown, there is no contradiction with the two predecessors of Pope Francis.”
Cardinal Kasper was one of the main figures pushing for the Church to admit divorced and remarried couples to Communion under certain circumstances – to the extent that the idea became known as the “Kasper proposal”.
In September, 62 priests and scholars signed a “filial correction”, saying the Pope’s words and actions risked leading Catholics into false doctrines, especially with regard to Amoris Laetitia.
Among the objections to interpretations of Amoris, they said it was erroneous to think that those who have divorced and remarried can receive the Eucharist without making a firm resolution to avoid sexual relations.
However, in his op-ed, Cardinal Kasper said Pope Francis stood “firmly on the ground of the Second Vatican Council, which has taught that conscience is the most secret core and sanctuary of a man. There he is alone with God, Whose voice echoes in his depths. (Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 16).”
Not so sure about that:
>https://onepeterfive.com/interview-roberto-de-mattei-discusses-the-escalating-church-crisis/<
Interview – Roberto de Mattei Discusses the Escalating Church Crisis
The science is settled because shut up.
Settled?? Wishful thinking by Cardinal Kasper — the problem only grows more unsettled and distressing. If any change was to be made, this wasn’t the way to try doing it. Now the original subject matter is accompanied by a tremendous and growing disrespect and dissention in the church. All of the which had to have been foreseen too.
Pet peeve: why does the article use the verb “said” for something that the Cardinal wrote?
His idea of conscience is misleading at the very least.
The constant teachings of the Church properly inform the conscience. It’s not an exercise in autonomous individualism. The notion that conscience is “the most secret core and sanctuary of a man...(where) he is alone with God, Whose voice echoes in his depths” is Kasper-speak for “do what you will if you decide that God is okay with it.” I mean, that seems to be the thrust of certain paragraphs of Amoris Laetitia. On the contrary, the voice of Jesus Christ echoes first and foremost in the Church and the authentic Magisterium. “He who hears you, hears Me.”
I must say that the comment I mistakenly attributed to Cd. Kasper above is actually from Vatican II.
But it can obviously be used to twist the meaning of authentic, informed conscience, so my point is still apt.
These are the times when I wish FR had an edit function!
Nope, not really.
Cardinal Burke and the SSPX:
::crickets::
However, the controversy over AL is anything but over. If anything, it has now cranked up several notches as a result of the above. Kasper is one of Francis' flying monkeys.
Of course it is from Vatican II!
Not by a long shot!
RM, please delete my post.
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