Paolo Ruffini, the prefect for the dicastery for Communications, called it an act of bravado, 'a stunt' and a gesture that goes against the 'spirit of dialogue'
'I am old enough to have memories about the pontificate of Pope Paul VI, and the critiques that he received were very similar to those that Pope Francis receives,' said Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.
One of Pope Francis' own picks for drafting the final Synod document Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schönborn told Vatican radio he has given permission for women to preside at funerals in his diocese.
VATICAN CITY, October 17, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) ― Pope Francis has added his own nominations to the group who will draft the final report of the Pan-Amazonian Synod. The four men named as the pontiff’s own choices are Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the aristocratic Archbishop of Vienna, Austria; Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, the Argentinian chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences; Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mallid of Paraguay; and the Italian Fr. Rossano Sala. On the first day of the Amazon Synod meetings, participants elected four members of the Editorial Committee. These are Bishop Mário Antônio Da Silva from Brazil; Bishop Héctor […]