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gilliam
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The members of the committee for the drafting of the final report are
- Cardinal Peter Erdo (Hungary)
- Archbishop Bruno Forte (Italy)
- Cardinal Oswald Gracias (India)
- Cardinal Donald Wuerl (United States)
- Cardinal John Dew (New Zealand)
- Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernández (Argentina)
- Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan (Gabon)
- Bishop Marcello Semeraro (Italy)
- Father Adolfo Nicolás (superior general, Society of Jesus)
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Colorad007
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Much of the working document should be turned to ash. And yet it is what the synod is using for its work. What could go wrong?
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sarah_j
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Indeed.
"The Ordinary Synod has a heterodox agenda and many of the prelates attending it have already shown themselves either supportive of that agenda or unwilling to resist it. The family is in grave danger from threats emanating from within the Church, as well as from international institutions and national governments.
The time has come for all Catholics, at every level of the Church, to recognize the full gravity of the crisis that now engulfs us. Each and every one of us, clergy or lay, has the right and the duty to defend Catholic doctrine and practice from attacks by members of the hierarchy.
‘According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they possess, they [the Christian faithful] have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful, without prejudice to the integrity of faith and morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of persons.’
-Code of Canon Law, Canon 212 §3"
voiceofthefamily.com/pope-appoints-leading-opponents-of-catholic-doctrine-to-ordinary-synod/
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Sy_Noe
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As a non practicing Catholic and US resident, Cardinal Wuerl is the only one I’m familiar with. Well I’m familiar with Cardinal Kasper and a few others but none of the others on this list. So how does this list represent the various views across the spectrum of cardinals and bishops? Are you guys pleased with the names chosen? Of course as the article states, it is the Holy Father who has the final say as to acceptance or rejection of various recomendations.
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JimG
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“If we, as Catholics, are to be successful in our mission to claim the post-modern world for Christ, we must, as Pope Francis puts it, give the post-modern world an encounter of Christ as he lives in Catholic family life. To that end, we need to stop acting as if the real crisis is our response to irregular families.
Having this conversation now is like trying to go find the cows 40 years after they have left the barn–while the barn itself is now on fire and in danger of burning to the ground. The new crisis is the fact that family life, itself, has become an endangered species and that even many of the faithful don’t really know what it means to be a family much less live family life as a prophetic witness in the world.”
–Dr. Gregory Popcak, from “Please Don’t Fiddle While the Family Burns: An Open Letter to the 2015 Synod on the Family.”
Having this conversation now is like trying to go find the cows 40 years after they have left the barn–while the barn itself is now on fire and in danger of burning to the ground. The new crisis is the fact that family life, itself, has become an endangered species and that even many of the faithful don’t really know what it means to be a family much less live family life as a prophetic witness in the world.”
–Dr. Gregory Popcak, from “Please Don’t Fiddle While the Family Burns: An Open Letter to the 2015 Synod on the Family.”
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Megan7
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Yes, I agree with Colorado & your post. Thanks for the link. What could go wrong???
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_Abyssinia
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Edward Pentin details a list of concerns regarding the Synod:
ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/the-pope-has-the-final-word-an-assessment-of-the-new-synod-rules
ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/the-pope-has-the-final-word-an-assessment-of-the-new-synod-rules
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