Posted on 01/02/2017 4:13:42 AM PST by BlessedBeGod
…We need to distinguish between two initiatives of the cardinals, the first in formulating the formal doubts…the second…to make the matter public. I welcome the first initiative…It must have taken considerable reflection and prayer, as well as careful redaction, to have formulated the doubts so precisely…the doubts are very well presented, go to the nub of the issues at stake and are more than justified. They are not exhaustive and have enormous implications...The second initiative, to go public, leaves me in some doubt;…the issues raised are of fundamental significance for the whole of the Church, but…it could appear that this…opens a division in the Church…What must be recognised…is that the…cardinals have expressed themselves…with evident courtesy and respect, with heartfelt anguish of conscience, not in opposition to the Pope but in an appeal to him, on what is of fundamental importance for the life of Christians and for the good of the Church…
To my mind the doubts…are of profound importance for all disciples of Christ and for the Church. At issue are our fidelity to the Lord…the meaning of the demand for conversion in relation to belief in the gospel, the basic distinction between what is morally good and what is immoral, the Tradition of the Church…in its handing on of the moral implications of the gospel, as well as in its sacramental and pastoral practice. It would be hard to exaggerate the importance of the issues to be clarified. Certain readings…could well give the impression that there is no objective moral truth any more, that the centrality of love, mercy and forgiveness to the gospel now mean that those who intend to persist in ways of living that are seriously at odds with the teaching of Jesus and of the Church are nevertheless in a state of grace...
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• Do you welcome this initiative of the four cardinals?
• How important is it that these issues be clarified?
• How hopeful are you that the confusion over Amoris Laetitia will be resolved?
• It’s often said and from the Pope himself that, on this issue, ‘yes’ and ‘no’ answers don’t apply, that hard black and white answers obscure the reality of people’s lives and that pastoral care and discernment are required. What do you say to this?
• Do you see Amoris Laetitia as ultimately incompatible with Veritatis Splendor and, if so, what consequences could it have for the Church’s moral teaching?
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