Posted on 07/06/2019 5:52:34 PM PDT by ebb tide
In a wide-ranging interview that discusses the Pan-Amazon synod and the Church in his home country of Germany, the cardinal says Western Christianity is experiencing a crisis of faith and spiritual leadership.
The thinking behind the much-debated working document for the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region is a “projection” of European theological thought not in accord with Catholic theology and needs to be corrected “in a more Catholic way,” Cardinal Gerhard Müller has said.
In comments to the Register to be broadcast on EWTN Poland, the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith also said priestly celibacy cannot be changed (some involved with organizing the synod wish to ordain married men in the Amazon region) “as if it were only an external discipline, as it is deeply connected with the spirituality of the priesthood.”
Furthermore, the German cardinal sees an obvious “connection” between the agenda for the Oct. 6-27 synod and the “synodal path” proposed by some German bishops as a means to modify the Church’s teaching on sexual morality. He also discusses Pope Francis’ recent letter to German bishops, why he wrote his “Manifesto of Faith” in February, and why Pope St. John Paul II’s teachings appear to be given less attention during this pontificate.
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Well put. Thank you for sharing.
Ya think?
Instaurare omnia in Christo
Church?
Renewal in Christ?
WTF?
Nice language.
“...True Reform of the Church....”
... is also about actually having a Pope who isn’t a communist Moslem-loving patsy who protects the “lavender mafia” perverts within the organization.
And I’m a lifelong Catholic, so yeah. I’m not real happy with this clown pretender.
I remember a REAL Pope - An amazing Polish guy that helped a President and a Prime Minister bring down the communist Evil Empire.
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