Cardinal Müller dismissed by the Holy Father

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Francis dismissed Card. Müller who disagreed about abuse cases

LifeSite says: Pope dismissed Cdl Müller for following Church rules on abuse cases August 29, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – A highly placed Vatican source told LifeSiteNews that Cardinal Gerhard Müller, together with his much-experienced three CDF priests, was dismissed by Pope Francis because they all
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From what I’ve read, his term on the CDF was up, and he was not re-appointed. That’s a bit different that “dismissed.”
In addition, this was shortly before a report came out which criticized his handling of abuse accusations in Germany.
LifeSite seems to have “forgotten” to mention either of those parts of the story.
 
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I know with everything going on, my guard has been down somewhat with regards to listening to various news sources. I still don’t trust LifeSiteNews, though, even though they broke the Vigano story.

I think they are speculating regarding motivations that they cannot possibly be privy to. Even given all the other stories swirling around, I cannot imagine this being the reason Pope Francis did not re-up Muller’s term at the CDF. It seems to me the more logical explanation is a conflict of personalities and theological outlook. Though even there, it’s not like Muller’s replacement was that different from him theologically—Ferrer was Muller’s number 2 at the CDF.
 
He is still quite young as a Cardinal and was not given another primary assignment. To any outsider that looks like a dismissal.
Note, I am not implying support for this article.
 
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He is still quite young as a Cardinal and was not given another primary assignment. To any outsider that looks like a dismissal.
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Well, not “any.” There could be any number of reasons for a prefect not to be re-assigned. Google can provide some possibilities, including multiple criticisms of his handling, and response to, abuse cases/allegations. Which is ironic, given the spin LifeSite is trying to put on this.
 
Right. It is uncommon for a cardinal who hadn’t even turned 70 yet not to be given any other job. So I can understand why some view it as a dismissal even though technically his term just wasn’t renewed.

The pope has his reasons, I’m sure. I don’t really find it profitable to speculate on what those are.
 
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