Posted on 11/04/2021 4:55:20 PM PDT by ebb tide
Thomas Sternberg said it is ‘unfortunate’ that the Synodal Way has received ‘such disruptive criticism’ by Catholics opposed to women’s ordination, same-sex unions and fundamental reform of the Church’s sacramental and hierarchical nature.
The outgoing head of the most influential Catholic lay group in Germany has detailed how he believes the German Synodal Way is geared toward influencing radical changes in the Church and that a well-prepared process is all-important in securing such reform.
In a revealing Nov. 3 interview with a German podcaster peppered with strident statements challenging the Church’s established magisterium, Thomas Sternberg, president of the Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK), said Church reform occurs “as a process” and that “if one doesn’t hold discussions and initiate movements, then there will be no change.”
A theologian and member of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) political party, Sternberg welcomed the fact that the issue of women priests was being discussed, and added that thanks to Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), the issue of blessing same-sex unions has now been “brought to the table.”
At the same time, he blamed canon law for having a “disastrous” effect on the laity, not allowing them to reach the levels of influence envisioned by the Second Vatican Council.
The process has been widely criticized for being used as a vehicle to introduce forbidden changes, many affecting the universal Church, such as the ordination of women and the blessing of same-sex unions, as well as radical reform of the sacramental and hierarchical structure of the Church.
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Sin-Nod Barf Alert Ping
Just the pope and the lib bishops trying to make catholic church available to everyone.......No need for repentance,confession or even mass....Just know that God sends everyone to heaven...Oh and by the way,lib bishops aren’t upset with butchering babies either.....
If these proponents of so much change would at least support the core moral Joseph-Christian moral teachings, I’d have a lot more respect for them when they advocate a bunch of other stuff I may believe is error
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