To: NYer; AnAmericanMother; PatriotGirl827
"I am very sorry that you got the impression that my pilgrimage has disturbed the peace."
Do you call that an apology?? Hardly! It would be nice to see what the Cardinal actually said to Bishop Peric but as the Bishop only wants us to see the beginning and end of the letter we can only surmise as to what he said.
However, we can get a good idea of some of what he will have said to Bishop Peric from part of an interview the Cardinal gave in Germany a week ago:
The Church is entitled to the last judgment but one thing is for sure: People are experiencing there the help, closeness, and protection of the Mother of God in a special way. And certainly they would not make pilgrimages there for 28 years if there wasnt anything there. This doesnt already mean that I am anticipating the decision of the Church but Im saying distinctly there are fruits there good fruits or you could also say there can be no smoke without a fire and in Medjugorje there obviously is a fire.
Regarding the public criticism by bishop Ratko Peric:
Of course we can be of different opinion regarding things that have not been ultimately decided yet, and I respect him (the bishop) as a fellow brother. I am united with him in prayer and I also believe that we can both confidently await the decision of the Church and can entrust ourselves to this decision with confidence, without polemics.
Regarding the bishops criticism that the cardinal had not announced himself:
Of course I could have tried to pay him a visit in Mostar. It is not absolutely necessary and before me there have been many bishops in Medjugorje. We know that he has a somewhat different opinion here. I want to avoid polemics. For me it is not about being proved correct against him, but I certainly have not violated the right that is also the right of a bishop and cardinal.
The programme Orientierung in which cardinal Schönborn gave his interview was transmitted on ORF2, Sunday, January 10, 2010.
5 posted on
01/19/2010 4:35:53 AM PST by
davidtlig
To: davidtlig
No, that's what he said
before he was taken to the woodshed.
The middle of the letter is private because that is where the personal apology is. You don't get to see things like that, because as annoying as Cardinal Schönborn is, he doesn't deserve to have a personal apology spread upon the public press for snipers and gawkers.
And His Holiness knows that - he's well acquainted with calling people to account, that used to be his job. We have been informed that an apology was made. That is enough.
6 posted on
01/19/2010 4:41:49 AM PST by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: davidtlig; All
Here's a
link to this interview with Cardinal Shönborn.
IMHO, his handwritten note clearly stated that he was sorry that Msgr Ratko Peric "got the impression" that the Cardinal's visit "disturbed the peace". I would say that the Cardinal does NOT believe it disturbed the peace and that he did NOT retract any of his statements regarding Medjugorje following his visit. He was not taken to a 'woodshed' by Pope Benedict.
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