Posted on 04/01/2021 7:31:34 PM PDT by marshmallow
CNA Staff, Mar 30, 2021 / 06:00 am MT (CNA).- Cardinal Christoph Schönborn said Sunday that the Vatican’s rejection of blessings for same-sex couples was marked by a “clear communication error.”
Renewing his earlier criticism of the intervention by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), the Archbishop of Vienna told the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) March 28 that he was concerned by both the timing and form of the ruling.
“I wasn’t happy -- neither about the timing nor about the way in which communication was being made,” he said on the discussion program “Pressestunde”.
CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner, reported that Schönborn also expressed regret that same-sex couples felt hurt by the ruling.
The 76-year-old cardinal, who helped to produce the Catechism of the Catholic Church, said that he appreciated the intention to highlight the significance of sacramental marriage between a man and a woman.
But he argued that the Vatican’s declaration was undermined by a “clear communication error,” coming after the pope’s successful trip to Iraq.
The Church should always be “mater et magistra” (mother and teacher), he said, but “first comes the mother.” He said he therefore understood when people asked themselves, “Does this mother not have a blessing for me?”
At the same time, the cardinal declared: “We should talk less about sexuality and more about love; more about successful relationships and less about what is allowed and what is not.”
Schönborn, who noted that he has served as a CDF member for 25 years, said he regretted that the committee to which he belongs was not consulted over such a “sensitive question.”
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Communication with Whom?
Of course, they are not blessing the supposed union, they aren't saying about blessing any specific individuals.
What would he say if someone asked about blessing serial killers?
Wellll,let’s throw out the 10 commandments ,too...Annnd the bible...Let;s just do our own thing and God will send us all to heaven....
No one can tell you what is right or wrong (says some strange voice whispering in your ear). So just do whatever seems right to you. The broad road is the easy one which everyone wants to follow.
“Does this mother not have a blessing for me?”
No. Every sin rejects blessings. A Cardinal should know this.
Every child must have a mother and a father, according to Mother Nature.
I guess he’s a libertarian. The Church isn’t supposed to be saving souls.
Homo Barf Alert Ping
I am surprised at this from Cardinal Schönborn.
Then you haven’t paid much attention to him. He has “grown”—his intellectually “journey” would fit in well with your average Republican Supreme Court Nominee.
The bishop said the Church should support relationships in fidelity. This excludes homosexual mirages, or unions.
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