[Catholic Caucus] Whither Now? and What is the Church?

The Catholic Thing ^ | October 15, 2018 | Robert Royal

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As is often the case with the pope, the result is not clear. Instead of a concrete procedure, the new rules give wide powers to the General Secretary of the Synod, Cardinal Baldisseri, who is to seek “moral unanimity insofar as this is possible.” He also determines when such moral unanimity has been reached. Unless a number of bishops insist of paragraph-by-paragraph voting, this means they could all have the names connected to a document while never having agreed to its specifics.

On top of all that, it seems that if the pope approves the final document it can be formally entered in the Church’s teaching, the magisterium. The potential for mischief here is large and palpable.

All this may sound like boring technicalities, but much is at stake – especially if the officials of the Synod continue to press for the inclusion of LGBT language and, as seems likely, other doctrinal and pastoral innovations. Pope Francis was notably angry at the end of the 2015 Synod on the Family, where the old system of voting – despite his many efforts to shape the outcome – did not end with the desired result. And he not only disagreed, but said opposing views had “unfortunately, [been expressed] not in entirely well-meaning ways.”

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[dominic flandry]

The fix is in and was when Pope Francis set up the Sodomy Synod in the first place. The bishops as a group won't do squat to stop the Pope. They are eunuchs except perhaps for the homosexuals among them.