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[Catholic Caucus] Synod: Cardinal Grech's homily for Mass of the Holy Spirit - Full textCardinal Mario Grech, the Secretary General of the Synod, celebrates Mass dedicated to the Holy Spirit and reflects on the need to be open to the Holy Spirit, especially in the synodal journey.Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit21 October 2024 HOMILY OF CARDINAL MARIO GRECH Secretary General of the SynodDear brothers and sisters,We have reached the final stretch of the work of our Synodal Assembly, which gathers the fruits of a long journey that began in October 2021. Right now, the Gospel passage shows us the...

[Catholic Caucus] New ‘Grammar of Synodality’ on Display at Start of Synod GatheringCardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich said that ‘round tables also remind us that none of us is the star in this synod,’ stating that the event’s ‘protagonist is the Holy Spirit.’On the opening day of the Synod on Synodality, a leading official of the process urged participants to read “the signs of the times” in order to “discover a grammar of synodality for our time.” “Just like the grammar of our languages changes as they develop, so does the grammar of synodality: It changes with time,” said Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich,...

[Catholic Caucus] Francis Cheered When Grech Became a HomosexualistNcrOnline.org (September 25) published a profile of Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Ex-Synod of Bishops.• In 2008, as Gozo Bishop, he said of the Maltese homosex group Drachma, which pretends to be "Catholic", "Whoever does not accept Christ's teachings should be honest with themselves and excommunicate themselves from the Church."• In 2011, Grech was a leading voice in criticising attempts to legalise divorce.• 2013: election of Francis and regime change in the Vatican.• In October 2014, Grech gave a homosexualist lecture for Drachma attacking the Catholic Catechism for its “language”...

Müller: "How Is It Possible That Cardinal Grech Is More Intelligent Than Christ?"The Vatican Synod’s approach of "listening to the individual [homosex] experience and desires" is wrong, Cardinal Müller told EWTN.com (October 6).The Church needs to listen to God’s words, not to "our strange reflections" and a "self-revelation,” Müller said explaining that Church’s doctrine isn’t “like the program of a political party” than can be changed by votes.Commenting on the cheep slogan “all are welcome,” he stressed that one has to confess one's sins and change one’s life according to God’s Commandments to be "welcome" in the Church.The Vatican’s Synod...

Head of Vatican Synod office: 'Let us trust in our people'Rome — The head of the Vatican's synod office says that when it comes to hot-button issues such as the reception of Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics and the blessing of same-sex couples, discussion cannot be limited to doctrinal concerns, but must also include pastoral considerations."These issues are not to be understood simply in terms of doctrine, but in terms of God's ongoing encounter with human beings," said Maltese Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops."What has the church to fear if these two groups within the...