Archbishop Fernández says Synod will offer ‘no conclusions’ on female deacons, married priests
The soon-to-be cardinal downplayed expectations of major change but left the door open for possible change in future synods.
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Articles tagged Carlo Martini
Archbishop of Milan promotes homosexuality in new pastoral letter days before Synod begins
‘The hasty label of ‘homosexual’, ‘heterosexual’ deadens the relational dynamic and tends to reduce it to a ‘sexual practice’,’ Mario Delpini said in heavily criticized guidelines.
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Pope Benedict’s biographer: Leftist cardinal tried to stop Ratzinger’s 2005 papal election
It has its own significance that a close collaborator of Pope Benedict XVI has now described the activities of the Sankt Gallen Group.
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Pope Francis: Catholics shouldn’t be afraid to change everything about the Church
'Humanity calls and challenges us; in a word, it summons us to go forth and not fear change.'
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Rigid Catholics who won’t change are imbalanced, says Pope Francis in Christmas address
The pontiff repeated a familiar theme with his condemnation of rigidity while mentioning change more than 30 times.
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Swiss bishop describes struggle between John Paul II and Saint Gallen Group
Bishop Ivo Fürer reveals the history of the Council of the European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE) that critics place some blame for the loss of faith in Europe.
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Evidence Pope follows blueprint to change Church by dissident cardinal who led St. Gallen ‘mafia’
A side-by-side comparison with Cardinal Martini’s words for how the Church should change and Pope Francis’ own words reveals a striking similarity.
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Cdl. Kasper: A ‘forced resignation’ of Pope Francis would be invalid
The German prelate believes there's a 'conspiracy' of people using the sex abuse crisis as a means to oust the pontiff.
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