Reading what the former prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith publicly said tells me that this indicates that panic is setting in and we may be in another time in Church history of papal turbulence and confusion. Do those who feel like Cardinal Mueller wait it out or would actively doing something exacerbate a possible schism?
Read Edward Pentin's article from The National Catholic Register by pressing title:
Read Edward Pentin's article from The National Catholic Register by pressing title:
Cardinal Gerhard Müller. (Edward Pentin photo)
BLOGS | MAY. 4, 2018
The former CDF prefect views the statement on the meeting about Holy Communion for some Protestant spouses as ‘very poor,’ and calls on bishops and cardinals to ‘raise their voices.’
Yesterday’s crucial meeting went quicker than expected, lasting a little over two hours, but the outcome pleased none of those who took part, and will have far reaching consequences for the Church, sources close to the talks have told the Register.
An excerpt from full article:
An excerpt from full article:
In comments to the Register May 4, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith, expressed his disappointment with the outcome, saying the statement was “very poor” as it contained “no answer to the central, essential question.” It is not possible, he stressed, to be in “sacramental communion without ecclesial communion.”
For the good of the Church, he added, a “clear expression of the Catholic faith” is needed, for the Pope to “affirm the faith,” especially the “pillar of our faith, the Eucharist.” The Pope and the CDF, he went on, are supposed to “give a very clear orientation” not through “personal opinion but according to the revealed faith.”
A source close to the two bishops opposed to the proposal told the Register May 4 that the “official answer is that there is no answer.” The Holy Father, he said, had “failed to fulfil his obligation as pope regarding a question of dogma which his office must decide.”
The Pope “refused” to take a line, he stressed, “and the CDF was left to act as a postman, not to affirm the faith, but to announce this information.” The dicasteries, he said, “are useless” if all will be given over to bishops’ conferences to decide. He acknowledged that the term “unanimity” is not properly defined in this context, but expects Cardinal Marx to somehow seek to reduce the number of bishops opposed to the proposal in order to attain the unanimous requirement for it to go forward.
“Our job now is to strengthen the seven bishops, to strengthen our priests in the argumentation” the source said. “It’ll be a long fight and over the next six months, this is what we’ll be dedicating ourselves to.”
7 comments:
I believe what the Holy Father wants to have happen is clear. What is also clear is that he is a coward; content to use surrogates to advance an opposition agenda at arms length. What choice do we have but to ride this out and hope is is a blessedly brief period of time. Perhaps the Holy Spirit will intervene in an abrupt way very shortly. Time will tell.
The Pope IS the problem. If he believed and actually affirmed Catholic teaching we would not be having as much "confusion." However this "confusion" really is part of an agenda to dismantle the magisterium. Catholic teaching is very clear, very logical, and in no way confusing.
Bee here:
I think have a solution to the "..suffering of some Protestant spouses unable to receive Holy Communion with their Catholic wives or husbands." which this "intercommunion" proposal attempts to alleviate.
The Germans should have pink colored unconsecrated wafers in the ciborium to give to the non-Catholic spouse, and the spouse can pretend they are receiving Holy Communion. And since the non-Catholic spouse doesn't actually believe the consecrated wafer is the Body of Christ, it won't matter. They can understand the action as "symbolically" receiving the Body of Christ, just like in their own churches. I suggest pink simply to distinguish the unconsecrated from the consecrated hosts, but it could be any color.
And as they step up to the Eucharistic Minister they can nod and say "Rosa" ("pink" in German) and receive the unconsecrated host. Or maybe they can wear a big "P" on their coat or dress, so that the Eucharistic Minister knows they get the pink host.
This way, everybody is happy, don't you think?
I love this progressive brainstorming to solve pastoral problems! It is SO fun!
God bless.
Bee
Bee, Great idea. LOL! And, grape Koolaid instead of wine for the P folks, too.
Gene, rumor has it Kavanaugh will be implementing this practice as part of his “The Party’s Over Tour!”
TJM, Yes, and I can hear Leslie Gore singing that song (The Party's Over) as the theme.
The Church continues to hemorrhage people and yet these bishops find it to be of critical importance to find a way to offer the body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord to ease the "suffering" of a minority of protestants who don't even believe in the true presence in the first place??? What about Christ's suffering that made it possible for us to consume the consecrated host for the remission of sins?? The suffering of these protestants is absolutely NOTHING when that type of comparison is made. If they feel that left out and have evolved spiritually, why not just become Catholic?
Can anyone imagine the Russians ever entertaining such a notion? Thank goodness they have the strength such that this would NEVER be a discussion point. The Germans would do well to follow their example of protecting the faith unless they are so far gone that they are now basically protestants hiding in the Catholic Church.
Post a Comment