'À medida que avançamos no caminho sinodal que conduz ao Sínodo de 2023 sobrea a Sinodalidade, vemos que foi aberta uma ferida no Corpo Místico de Cristo, a Igreja.'
Since the CDF issued its statement barring the blessing of homosexual relationships, Pope Francis has rewarded dissident religious who promote the normalization of homosexuality within the Church with warm personal letters of thanks and encouragement – gestures which now stand in stark contrast to his harsh treatment of Archbishop Morandi.
The latest synod's documents promote dialogue and 'listening' of the Catholic laity, even if they are not properly instructed in the faith, and even non-Catholics.
'The so-called Synodal Path is trying touse strategic force to push through reforms that go further in their radicalism than the changes demanded of the faithful by the Second Vatican Council.'
Pope Francis kept quiet on the German ‘Synodal Way,’ however, claiming there ‘is no ill will in many bishops,’ despite mass ‘blessings’ of same-sex relationships.
'The old Mass, rooted deep in the first Christian millennium, is as a matter of principle beyond the pope’s authority to prohibit. Many provisions of Pope Benedict’s motu proprio can be set aside or modified, but this magisterial decision cannot be so easily done away with.'
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J. is known to support the idea of ordaining married men as priests and of being open to the idea of female “priests.”