Meet the 82-year-old progressive German cardinal who has an outsized influence on Pope Francis

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The Rev. George Augustin, head of the Cardinal Walter Kasper Institute in Vallendar, Germany, said it is wrong, however, to describe Kasper as a “liberal.” Rather, he described the cardinal as someone who simply wants the church to have “a dialogue with the modern world.”

Speaking about how Kasper has been demonized by some in the church, Augustin said, “it is sad and unfortunate because I think all these so-called conservative Catholics, especially in these fanatic times, have misunderstood what Kasper has said.”

“He never questions the indissolubility of marriage,” Augustin said. “He is only talking about a pastoral way for helping those who are in a situation where there is no way for them to come back to their first marriage to find a full place in the church. I would say he is in line with Pope John Paul II in much of what he says. They misunderstand him, and they started a big campaign against him. But all he is talking about is mercy and a pastoral way.”

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What does indisolubility mean if in practice you accept remarriage? If your words and your actions seem to contradict, it would seem that the actions would take precedence. Actions are more indicative of belief than words. So whether we call it mercy and pastoral, or a change of doctrine it amounts to the same thing.
 
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German Bishop Franz-Josef Bode said that eventually, the body of cited evidence brought Mueller around to the position that a crack in the door could be opened that would give Francis the final say.
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“This path we are describing is not a general opening, it is an opening under very strict criteria,” Bode said.
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The types of examples theologians mentioned as exceptions might be whether a woman becomes Catholic in places in the world where polygamy is common, and she is in a polygamous marriage. Should she have to leave her family? What about condoms for someone who is HIV positive? These are not the most common cases, but the Kasper proposal heightened debate about when exceptions are okay — even if the specific proposal was rejected.
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Were these scenarios actually discussed? Good heavens, folks. We’re not in Kansas anymore.
 
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What does indisolubility mean if in practice you accept remarriage? If your words and your actions seem to contradict, it would seem that the actions would take precedence. Actions are more indicative of belief than words. So whether we call it mercy and pastoral, or a change of doctrine it amounts to the same thing.
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Mongo, Michael & Mark, thanks for your posts. I agree with all of you. 🙂 God bless!

It seems that the “Kasper proposal” has been going on for a long time. Here is a link where Cardinal Ratzinger explains it all:

""On the subject of the divorced and civilly remarried and their admission to the sacraments,

Cardinal Ratzinger explicitly RULES OUT the so-called “Kasper proposal” because it goes against

both DOCTRINAL TRUTH and Canonical discipline and specifically warns against encouraging

AMBIGUITY on this point:

“Catholics have been advised that after divorce and civil remarriage, they may in conscience

return to the Sacraments. Such a practice lacks foundation in the Church’s clear teaching

about the indissolubility of a sacramental marriage after consummation, and in sound

jurisprudence. A clear presentation, then, of the Sacramentality and INDISSOLUBILITY of

Christian marriage should be made to all your people." "

catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2015/10/29/what-does-benedict-xvi-think-of-the-synods-final-report-he-told-us-30-years-ago/

Please click on the link to read more on this.
 
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