Amazing Disgrace.
Posted on 10/01/2019 12:37:34 PM PDT by ebb tide
MADRID, October 1, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – German Cardinal Walter Kasper said that Pope Francis is securing his successor who will carry on his legacy by appointing the majority of cardinals who will vote in the next conclave. He added that if it was possible that a pope was elected who would attempt to erase Francis’ mark upon the Catholic Church, then the people “would not accept him.”
“I think that in the next conclave, you cannot choose a pope who is ‘a contrarian.’ The people would not accept him,” said Cardinal Kasper in a Sept. 26 interview (read excerpt of interview below) with Religion Digital's José Manuel Vidal which took place while the Cardinal was visiting Madrid for a conference on world peace organized by the pacifist Sant’ Egidio movement.
When asked if Pope Francis has guaranteed his successor by having handpicked the majority of cardinals voting in the next conclave, Kasper replied: “Yes. It gives the impression that with the nominations to the cardinalate that what the Pope wants is to ensure his succession.”
Cardinal Kasper’s proposal during the 2014 Synod on the Family of admitting civilly 'remarried' Catholics who are living in adultery to receive Communion found its way into the synod’s final document. Pope Francis’ 2016 Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia has been interpreted by many bishops from around the world as adopting this proposal in footnote 351. The footnote states in the context of a discussion about the Church’s pastoral response to Catholics living in “irregular” unions that in “certain cases” such Catholics can receive the Church’s “help,” which “can include the help of the sacraments.” The footnote then makes a reference to the Eucharist and confession. Kasper has since asserted that the proper understanding of Francis’ Amoris Laetitia is to allow divorced and “remarried” Catholics to receive Holy Communion.
Elsewhere in the interview, Cardinal Kasper acknowledged that neither the Pope nor he fear a schism over questions about the Pope’s theology. Affirming that the pontiff wants to guarantee a successor, Kasper said, “Those who are causing fears [about the schism] are small groups that are openly against the Pope. But you have to know and keep in mind that they are few, very few, although they make a lot of noise through the media. Do not attach any importance to them.”
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Translated excerpts from Religion Digital’s interview with Cardinal Kasper:
Religion Digital: You were just with Pope Francis. Is he as strong as ever?
Cardinal Walter Kasper: Yes, the Pope continues to be quite strong. He has an interior motion that pushes him to continue moving ahead, and he is not afraid of the criticisms that circulate around him, even within the Catholic world. He continues down his path and is quite well, even physically, for a man of 82 years. And the proof is that he works tirelessly.
He is not even afraid of a schism, as he just said.
Kasper: The Pope is not afraid of schism.
And you?
Kasper: Nor do I believe that there will be schism. Those who are causing fears are small groups that are openly against the Pope. But you have to know and keep in mind that they are few, very few, although they make a lot of noise through the media. Do not attach any importance to them.
What do you expect from the Amazonia synod?
Kasper: This Amazonia synod will be very important and meaningful for the churches incarnated in the cultures of that area of the world.
Will the synod approve of giving married men access to the priesthood?
Kasper: The problem of the lack of vocations in Amazonia is very serious and that issue of the ordination of married men, and others, will depend on the decision and the unanimity of the bishops of the region. The Pope, with his synodal spirit, will put those decisions into motion if there is sufficient consensus among the bishops.
The German Church will also celebrate a synod with which the Vatican apparently has some problems.
Kasper: Yes, there are some who have problems with the Vatican. There has always been tension between Germany and Rome. It is something historic, but I can say that at this time that the great majority of the German Church is totally and profoundly in tune with Rome. There is some nervousness around, but I believe that they can be overcome.
With the cardinals at the next consistory, those chosen by Francis will be a majority. Has the Pope therefore guarantee his succession?
Kasper: Yes. It gives the impression that with the nominations to the cardinalate that what the Pope wants is to ensure his succession.
In what sense?
Kasper: I think that in the next conclave, you cannot choose a pope who is ‘a contrarian.’ The people would not accept him.
Who do you think will succeed Pope Francis?
Kasper: That is an open question and not applicable.
Are you convinced that, after Francis, there is no turning back?
Kasper: No, it isn’t possible. The people will not accept it because they want a normal and human Pope, one that is not imperial like those of the past.
The Marxists are doing a fantastic job in killing Catholicism.
way to go poop Frank!
Which members of the laity is this evil man talking about?!
Then the catholic church is kaput! You might as well join scientology:-)
Kasper: No, it isn’t possible. The people will not accept it because they want a normal and human Pope, one that is not imperial like those of the past.
The American laity can not stand this Pope, well, those I know anyway. We just can not wait until he is gone. and we do NOT want his legacy to continue.
Amazing Disgrace.
American Catholics are demanding it... the church will go back into hiding as an anti-church will be born...
The laity isn’t particularly fond of the current Pope who doesn’t continue the legacy of the prior 2000+ years.
They are just laying the ground for the one world religion to go along with the one world government.
Not Catholic but Francis follows Karl Marx more fervently than he does the Bible and traditional Catholic teaching.
Can’t even use the test, “Is the Pope Catholic?” for an obvious “yes” anymore.
Not me.
IMHO:
We have a Pope.
His professional name is Benedict XVI.
I thought the Church was to be a sign of contradiction and not a "pal" of the World.
If the world hate you, know ye that it hath hated me before you.
If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
“He added that if it was possible that a pope was elected who would attempt to erase Francis’ mark upon the Catholic Church, then the people “would not accept him.”
Which “the people” does he think he is referring to??
The schism is Francis creation and it is real.
it is its faithful people who will endure....
we will be under constant attack just like we are here on FR.....
I guess that then, it would be them who are in schism.
What legacy?
I have started to have a stock response to so many of these threads. It is getting tiresome to have so many supposed leaders in positions of supposed authority cater to insanity.
Our current Pope Clown I seems bent on doing damage to the Catholic Church to the extent that he makes Alexander VI (Borgia) look like a piker. At least Alex had the decency to admit that he could not be blamed since he had the sexual drive of a rabbit.
Come to think of it, Pope Clown I would never accept Alex because Alex was a proven heterosexual.
Nevertheless, he did harm, real harm along with Alexander's son, Cesare, and Alexander's daughter, Lucrezia. Isn't it refreshing to talk about harm eminating from the Pope's son and daughter?
No one would ever accuse Frank of having a daughter or a son, but we can easily see Frank wants to harm the Catholic Church in his own BIG way.
So, I say again: What legacy?
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