Posted on 08/02/2016 6:17:44 AM PDT by marshmallow
The Gospel Message is neither conservative nor liberal but should be defined as “challenging," says Cardinal Christoph Schönborn
Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP has acknowledged the existence of a fierce and organized opposition to Pope France, carried out in certain. Catholics circles. And he’s warned that it is fomenting considerable polarization within the Church.
“We are currently witnessing intensive inner-church debates – not so much in Austria, but internationally – as there is quite evidently very strong, significant opposition to Pope Francis,” the 71-year-old cardinal told the Austrian daily Der Standard last week before heading to Krakow for World Youth Day festivities with the pope.
Schönborn, who is Archbishop of Vienna and Europe’s second-most senior cardinal still in office, said this opposition to the pope was “very active and very loud”.
He said a clear majority of Catholics approved of Francis and of what he was doing, but he acknowledged that there were also many others who were very worried.
The cardinal said had spoken to the pope in mid-July specifically about this opposition and was greatly impressed by Francis’ reaction.
“We must try to win over this inner-church opposition lovingly,” he said the pope told him.
Cardinal Schönborn – who has emerged as one of Francis’ strongest allies and the designated theological interpreter of the pope’s apostolic exhortation on the family, Amoris Laetitia – said the intensive debates currently going on inside Church were a good thing.
He said Catholics had become too accustomed to seeing the Church divided into a conservative faction and a liberal faction.
“We’ve somehow simply accepted that,” he said. But he insisted that the Gospel Message was neither conservative nor liberal; rather it should be defined as “challenging”.
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I wonder if there are any Catholics on this site that still support Pope Che
Which is growing.
His time is short, he is not young, almost 80. I am patient.
Sorry, he’s “God’s choice,” and this “church” can’t do anything about it.
The truth is not relative; however, morality would seem to be with this pope.
He has already expressed not intending to be Pope by next WYD. On his plane press conference, when asked about being in Panama, his reply was "No no, this one is not going, Peter is going, whichever it is." (Source: CNA)
One rumor I heard a while back is that he will remain at least until after the 10th anniversary of the Aparecida document next year (end of next May), and possibly retire at some point afterwards.
Isa_66:1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
That was usually as far as he got before he was interrupted by a deafening chorus of "Noooooooooo"!! With a sheepish grin on his face he would feign surprise....."what...you want me to stay??"
I see Francis' occasional allusions to retirement in exactly the same light. An ego as robust as his will not countenance retirement.
The Roman Catholic Church is God’s church, formed with St. Peter as the first pope, and the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. There have been errant popes before. This, too, shall pass.
Yes, probably both of you are right...
I hope you are joking. The Catholic Church does not teach that God chooses the Pope.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
The Pope is a Peronist.
To have him and BO as president at the same time is the proverbial ...’handwriting on the wall’.
We have been judged and found wanting and God has deserted us to slowly fret and stew in our own abominations.
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