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German cardinal says Pope Francis’ same-sex blessings declaration ‘never would have happened’ under Benedict
Fox News ^ | December 31, 2023 | Anders Hagstrom

Posted on 12/31/2023 7:57:17 PM PST by ebb tide

German cardinal says Pope Francis’ same-sex blessings declaration ‘never would have happened’ under Benedict

A German cardinal in the Catholic Church remarked that Pope Benedict would never have approved Pope Francis' recent edict allowing priests to bless people in same-sex relationships.

Cardinal Gerhard Mueller made the comment to Reuters while attending an event marking the one-year anniversary of Pope Benedict's death on Sunday. 

"It never would have happened [under Benedict] because it was so ambiguous," Mueller told the outlet of Francis' decision. Mueller had served as the Church's doctrinal chief under Benedict, a post he lost upon Francis' ascension.

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TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Current Events; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: apostatepope; blessingsin; frankenchurch; homos

1 posted on 12/31/2023 7:57:17 PM PST by ebb tide
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2 posted on 12/31/2023 7:57:51 PM PST by ebb tide (Fiducia Supplicans is an instruction to bless sin.)
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To: ebb tide

Or under John Paul II.


3 posted on 12/31/2023 7:59:37 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: No name given

Or under any previous Pope. Even under the “bad” Renaissance-era popes.


4 posted on 12/31/2023 8:10:32 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: ebb tide

I am not Catholic but have many dear Catholic friends. What say Catholics here as to what this Pope is doing?


5 posted on 12/31/2023 8:16:31 PM PST by desertsolitaire ( M)
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To: desertsolitaire

What do we say?
We say, “Anathema sit” (”let him be anathema”),


6 posted on 12/31/2023 8:26:10 PM PST by irishjuggler
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“Or under John Paul II.”

I miss him soo much, on steroids.

Francis is the woke enemy.


7 posted on 12/31/2023 8:27:46 PM PST by lizma2
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To: ebb tide

He is correct.


8 posted on 12/31/2023 8:28:46 PM PST by Chickensoup
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To: ebb tide

Sede Vacante.

“The Chair Of Peter Is Vacant”.

CC


9 posted on 12/31/2023 8:47:59 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: desertsolitaire

This Pope is trying to say two contradictory things at once. He actually uses this as a strategy. He thinks he is clever.
I think his double talk is diabolical myself.


10 posted on 12/31/2023 9:25:41 PM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: ebb tide

A disgrace, 3rd secret of fatima, the corruption of the church


11 posted on 12/31/2023 10:35:55 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: fidelis

Those bad popes from the high middle aged were interested in real estate, coffers of gold, wenches, etc. But they never dared to change any of the teachings of the Church, or touched the Liturgy. Francis is worse by his heresy, and who knows what kind of bacchanal he and his pals are having behind the scenes.


12 posted on 12/31/2023 11:59:54 PM PST by Trump_Triumphant ("Our hearts are restless, Oh Lord, until they rest in thee"- St. Augustine)
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To: ebb tide

This evil pos is NOT the Pope, he’s squatting in the seat.


13 posted on 01/01/2024 3:53:19 AM PST by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: ebb tide

Francis wants to change God’s Law.


14 posted on 01/01/2024 6:23:31 AM PST by chopperk
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