Posted on 09/21/2017 9:08:30 AM PDT by marshmallow
The cardinal criticised the Latin American approach to theology, in a thinly veiled critique of the Argentinian Pope
The Vatican’s former doctrine chief has criticised Francis’ papacy for lacking theological rigour, while suggesting he is ready to make a comeback and work in the Roman Curia.
During a book presentation in Germany last Friday, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, dismissed from his job by the Pope in July, recalled how the Jesuit Cardinal Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) told Pope Clement VIII that he did not understand anything about theology.
According to reports of the event in Mannheim the German cardinal then pointed out that Bellarmine was sacked from the Curia three times. Muller added he thought it possible he could return to the curia - a suggestion which was greeted with great applause.
The 69-year-old prelate, still six years off episcopal retirement age, is a respected theologian who held the Chair in Dogmatic Theology at the University of Munich before his appointment Bishop of Regensburg. He was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by Benedict XVI in 2012 although had an uneasy relationship with Pope Francis. While Muller was supportive of liberation theology and spent summers among the poor in Peru, he was torn over differing interpretations of Francis’ family life document, “Amoris Laetitia”. Bishops have been in open disagreement over whether the text opens the way for communion to be given to divorced and remarried Catholics, with Müller stressing the need for a unified approach.
In Mannheim, the cardinal criticised Latin American approach to theology, in what was a thinly veiled critique of the Argentinian Pope and his theological advisers from the continent.
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I was re-watching the last season of Game of Thrones to gear up for buying the first half of the last season which I think becomes available for purchase next week. I was again reminded of how much the evil priest (I think they called him something like Father Sparrow - he gets blown up) looks like Francis. It’s so close that I don’t think it was a coincidence.
What is going on at the Vatican right now is akin to a Stalinist purge.
If you don’t want to be part of Francis’ new climate-worshipping Socialist kumbaya church, start preparing for schism.
Pinning your hopes on sacked Cardinals returning to the dubia and deposing him is delusional.
“Because the Church exists to be a light in the midst of a darkened world, she faces the constant temptation to conform to the world’s dark ways.”
True Reformers-Saints of the Catholic Reformation- Jerome K. Williams 2017
I would suggest praying for those involved in the next conclave.
How many cardinals that think like him has Francis appointed?
Francis has appointed 49 of the 120 Cardinals presently able to vote. I don’t think anyone thinks exactly like Francis. Muller is one of the 49.
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