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by Sandro Magister
The statement released at the end of the meeting didn’t say so, but for two days in a row the Austrian bishops faced severe criticism.
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Pope Joseph Ratzinger is very familiar with Austria. At the beginning of his pontificate, the Austrian bishops were among the first to have an audience with him. And on November 5, 2005, at the end of their “ad limina” visit, the pope really let them have it. He accused them of remaining silent on important points of Christian teaching and morality, out of fear of protest and ridicule. He urged them to finally take the catechism in hand and to teach it from start to finish. He ordered them, literally, to “change course.”
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So just as there is division among the Chinese bishops in their relationship with Rome, so also Vatican policy appears to be divided. On the one side there is the approach of Cardinal Zen, on the other that of the secretariat of state.
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The statement released at the end of the meeting didn’t say so, but for two days in a row the Austrian bishops faced severe criticism.
…
Pope Joseph Ratzinger is very familiar with Austria. At the beginning of his pontificate, the Austrian bishops were among the first to have an audience with him. And on November 5, 2005, at the end of their “ad limina” visit, the pope really let them have it. He accused them of remaining silent on important points of Christian teaching and morality, out of fear of protest and ridicule. He urged them to finally take the catechism in hand and to teach it from start to finish. He ordered them, literally, to “change course.”
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So just as there is division among the Chinese bishops in their relationship with Rome, so also Vatican policy appears to be divided. On the one side there is the approach of Cardinal Zen, on the other that of the secretariat of state.
Full article