We know that just like in the general population of Catholics, there are heterodox and orthodox bishops, some of whom are cardinals, the pope’s closest collaborators.
How will Pope Leo lead both the heterodox left and the heterodox right back to the orthodox center?
There are many wing nuts in the laity who are extremely heterodox when it comes to the papacy. Many of these heterodox Catholics are Protestant converts or have come back into the full communion of the Church from schismatic Orthodox Churches. Some are converts from atheism, agnosticism and any other ism there is.
The heterodox right is a far smaller number of clergy and laity than the heterodox left, though, right wing nuts they are.
The heterodox left produces people, be they clergy or laity who are like reeds blowing in the wind. they are left wing nuts. They are like seeds sown on shallow ground. They embrace this, that and the other heterodox cause. They leave the full communion of the Church for liberal non-denominational sects and their trendy forms on non-Eucharistic celebration, more like a concert than like a worship service.
Then you have some cardinals and bishops who, through their preference of all things prior to the Second Vatican Council want not only the Tridentine Liturgies but also a canceling of Vatican II and the Magisteriums of popes since Vatican II. They must be called out for what they are, heterodox Catholics on the right but a small minority compare to the heterodox left who want to join the Anglican Communion and their way of doing things.
Yes, indeed, their number is small compared to the heterodox Catholics, clergy and laity on the left.
They want female ordination as does Cardinals McElroy and Kasper amongst others. Of course this is to soften the ground which would very soon lead to priestly ordination of women to include becoming bishops. That’s the deceitfulness of the heterodox left. Every gain is but a softening of the ground for a full embrace of the world and its ideologies concerning sexuality, gender, marriage and ordination.
They really are closeted heretics, not just left-leaning heterodox wing nuts.
Why are people more concerned with the small minority of heterodox right Catholics when the heterodox left pose the greatest threat to the unity of the Church and her orthodoxy?
Perhaps MT can explain this.
But will Pope Leo be up to bringing the left and right back to the orthodox center, especially the heterodox left since they comprise such a large group in the Church so much so that the heterodox right are only a fly in the ointment compared to them?
Time will tell…
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The extremes have been entrenched for so long, I'm not sure a centering is realistic, but it certainly needs to happen.
Perhaps an actual reform of the NO to what likely was intended is the cure? It's been tried and, certainly, Benedict XVI got many excited about what sacred liturgy could again be until, let's be honest, Francis snuffed out that flame from day one.
"Of course this is to soften the ground which would very soon lead to priestly ordination of women to include becoming bishops."
This is the part that scares me....softening the ground while being told by priests "Nothing to see here....What has changed??......Move along..."
"Then you have some cardinals and bishops who, through their preference of all things prior to the Second Vatican Council want not only the Tridentine Liturgies but also a canceling of Vatican II and the Magisteriums of popes since Vatican II. They must be called out for what they are, heterodox Catholics on the right but a small minority compare to the heterodox left who want to join the Anglican Communion and their way of doing things. "
Can you honestly blame them in some instances?
Was it that bad before to have resulted in such an extreme pivot that was force fed to those that actually cared? To be fair, there were many who embraced the "reforms" and so be it, that's what was presented.
"How will Pope Leo lead both the heterodox left and the heterodox right back to the orthodox center?"
Carefully. Simple/obvious, right? The course correction that is needed will be slow, long and cautious it would seem. How would one possibly reorient the German bishops besides patiently trying to outlive them? Will there be anything left when they're gone besides a lot of empty pews and decaying buildings?
Leo could scorched-earth it, but I doubt that will happen. If he does manage a centering during his pontificate, I hope he'll also lay the framework for its overall longevity, or at the very least, legislate to avoid "backsliding" that seems so front of mind for the left.
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