Posted on 01/17/2019 5:27:56 PM PST by marshmallow
ROME - A German prelate widely considered to be one of Pope Francis’s closest allies has said the current clerical abuse crisis is being used by papal opponents as a platform to expel Francis from the papacy and to elect a new pontiff that suits their agenda.
“There are people who simply don’t like this pontificate. They want it to end as soon as possible to then have, so to say, a new conclave. They also want it to go in their favor, so it will have a result that suits their ideas,” said German Cardinal Walter Kasper in a new interview.
Kasper, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, spoke of Francis and the current clerical sexual abuse crisis in a recent edition of the “Report München” program, broadcast by German state broadcaster ARD.
In the episode, which also features interviews with American Cardinal Raymond Burke and Irish abuse survivor Marie Collins, Kasper argued that there are some camps in the Church that are taking advantage of the abuse crisis as a platform for expelling Francis from the papacy.
Burke was one of four prelates who penned and published five “dubia” - or questions - about Francis’s 2016 post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, which opened a cautious door for divorced and remarried Catholics to receive communion.
At the time, many argued that the document was confusing, ambiguous and difficult to interpret, and while the discussion has died down in the past three years, it has not gone away.
However, quite apart from doctrinal matters, there has also been debate over Francis’s temperament and style of governance, portrayed in Henry Sire’s 2017 book, The Dictator Pope, which cited inside Vatican sources who painted the picture of a moody Francis prone to losing his temper, using vulgar language........
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If only. Francis may (or may not) have been validly elected, but I’m moving towards the position of “sedeprivationism” now. Meaning he has been automatically deprived of office for his heresies.
Francis-cardinals/bishops/priests are always refereing to the abuse of minors while ignoring the homosexual mafia's elephant in the room, homosexual sex with both grown men and boys.
They seem to be OK with homosexual sex between adult men. These priests bless homosexual marriages, they baptize their children and they allow them to be to Eucharist Monsters. Homosexual sin to them is only sins that violate civil law, not moral law.
Another article at the site is about women deacons.
The progs made the rules when they ousted Benedict. Now their whining because they may be made to play by the same rules.
The Progs always think that they are the only ones that know Alinsky.
Rule 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
We pray daily for the repentance of sinners and the restoration of a Magisterium faithful to Christ.
Here’s a novel concept: Biblically based religion.
Well, the CC is running out of eligible men.
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