At what point will the Holy Father start removing German bishops from office? You have a bishop in Puerto Rico who gets removed without any official explanation seemingly because he doesn't play well in the sandbox with others and because of his views on COVID. In Germany you have bishops threatening a real life schism and Francis responds with a sternly worded letter....
What can you go wrong when the entire synodal process starts with throwing out the entire history of Church teaching? Oh, yeah, this. Almost as if it could have been foreseen that synods not anchored by Magisterial teaching will inevitably float off into the abyss.
By keeping the Synod permanent, we get to continuously talk amongst ourselves without ever having to go out to the world and talk to others about Jesus Christ.
While I (obviously) do not have the authority to formally state so, is this not a schismatic declaration by the German Church?
By "promising" to implement whatever the Synod decides, they would clearly be preferring to follow another body of authority, rather than Rome. That would be a formal schism, no?
The dichotomy in the modern Church is absurd. A main priority at present is to persecute Catholics who prefer to attend the ancient form of Mass - the Mass with elements which would be recognised by the Apostles themselves.
Both surveys and basic cognisance indicate that such Catholics are among those most faithful to the teachings of the Church. And - like other 'good' Catholics - are generally an asset in terms of the time and effort they will invest in their faith and for the good of the Church, the size of their donations and their families etc.
Yet, such 'deplorables' are to be exiled from parishes, have Masses taken away, given fewer and more awkward Mass times (3.23am, every second Sunday and only when its raining heavily), and generally treated like dirt. See how the ICKSP are treated by Cardinal Cupich in Chicago, for example. Like dirt.
At the same time, we have this circus in Germany, with Rome only faintly mewing in the background.
Who could take seriously the suggestion that the Church's attention and efforts are in the right places, in terms of it's governance? Clearly the exact opposite situation prevails.
One cannot help but notice how the apparent attack on doctrine and authority in Germany and the overt, universal attack on the Latin Mass, seem very much harmonious together. Indeed, such an occasion has occurred before and historians call it "The Reformation" (just saying).
That Cardinal Kasper is leading the resistance to this is satire at its best. This is the, ahem, 'thinker' who bought into such terms as "differentiated consensus" - that is, when two parties with opposite views *pretend* that they are actually in agreement (this is the ground on which ecumenism is built).
If even he is alarmed, what could be a more grave indicator of the situation?
Maybe they should have a synodal paper to elect Batzing pope and get the schism
over and done with? 🙄
At what point will the Holy Father start removing German bishops from office? You have a bishop in Puerto Rico who gets removed without any official explanation seemingly because he doesn't play well in the sandbox with others and because of his views on COVID. In Germany you have bishops threatening a real life schism and Francis responds with a sternly worded letter....
When Cardinal Kasper is now the voice of ecclesiastical restraint, you know that the German Synod is essentially a runaway train.
maybe one of these Germans can succeed Pope Michael from Kansas?
What can you go wrong when the entire synodal process starts with throwing out the entire history of Church teaching? Oh, yeah, this. Almost as if it could have been foreseen that synods not anchored by Magisterial teaching will inevitably float off into the abyss.
By keeping the Synod permanent, we get to continuously talk amongst ourselves without ever having to go out to the world and talk to others about Jesus Christ.
While I (obviously) do not have the authority to formally state so, is this not a schismatic declaration by the German Church?
By "promising" to implement whatever the Synod decides, they would clearly be preferring to follow another body of authority, rather than Rome. That would be a formal schism, no?
The dichotomy in the modern Church is absurd. A main priority at present is to persecute Catholics who prefer to attend the ancient form of Mass - the Mass with elements which would be recognised by the Apostles themselves.
Both surveys and basic cognisance indicate that such Catholics are among those most faithful to the teachings of the Church. And - like other 'good' Catholics - are generally an asset in terms of the time and effort they will invest in their faith and for the good of the Church, the size of their donations and their families etc.
Yet, such 'deplorables' are to be exiled from parishes, have Masses taken away, given fewer and more awkward Mass times (3.23am, every second Sunday and only when its raining heavily), and generally treated like dirt. See how the ICKSP are treated by Cardinal Cupich in Chicago, for example. Like dirt.
At the same time, we have this circus in Germany, with Rome only faintly mewing in the background.
Who could take seriously the suggestion that the Church's attention and efforts are in the right places, in terms of it's governance? Clearly the exact opposite situation prevails.
One cannot help but notice how the apparent attack on doctrine and authority in Germany and the overt, universal attack on the Latin Mass, seem very much harmonious together. Indeed, such an occasion has occurred before and historians call it "The Reformation" (just saying).
That Cardinal Kasper is leading the resistance to this is satire at its best. This is the, ahem, 'thinker' who bought into such terms as "differentiated consensus" - that is, when two parties with opposite views *pretend* that they are actually in agreement (this is the ground on which ecumenism is built).
If even he is alarmed, what could be a more grave indicator of the situation?
I guess the Holy Father was wrong when he said Germany doesn’t need another evangelical Church.
The people behind the German Synod and those who follow them have already left the Church in their minds and hearts.
They want an already programmed. “do whatever you want, Jesus loves you”, “let’s stop talking about sin kind of ecclesial assembly.
A Declaration of Schism, personal interdict and excommunication from Rome would just be a formality.
They should join up with the true Old Catholic Churches based in Utrecht. They had valid Orders until they started ordaining women.
St. Boniface and Bl. Clemens Von Galen,
oray to God for Germany and all of us!