The Dictator Pope by Marcantonio Colonna

Author:Marcantonio Colonna
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2017-12-03T16:00:00+00:00

Pope Francis also made extensive use of his power to make special appointments to the synod to give a voice and a vote to liberal prelates who would not otherwise have been present. Apart from Walter Kasper himself, perhaps his most notorious choice was Godfried Cardinal Danneels, a leading figure in the St Gallen Group. Danneels's record of covering up for a bishop who abused children and of supporting the legalisation of abortion and of homosexual unions has already been described. Other controversial papal appointees included Cardinal Dew, Cardinal Cupich of Chicago, who has openly supported the admission to the sacraments of unrepentant adulterers and of practising homosexuals, and Walter Kasper himself.

As the opening of the synod became imminent, Cardinal Robert Sarah voiced the anxieties of many leading churchmen:

“As the starting date for the XIV General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops dedicated to “The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World” approaches, the particular Churches, the theological faculties, and groups and associations of families are intensifying their preparations for this major ecclesial event. At the same time, there is a sense that opinion makers, pressure groups, and lobbies are coming to the fore. We also see communications strategies being implemented; it would even seem that new methodologies for the synod assembly are being examined in order to give a voice to some lines of thought while endeavoring to make others inaudible, if not to silence them completely. Everything leads us to believe that the next synod assembly will be for many people a synod with high stakes. The future of the family is indeed at stake for mankind today.”122

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