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Pro-Marriage, Pro-Family Voices Lodge Pre-Synod Appeals
They call on the Church and the Pope to uphold Catholic teaching on marriage, the family and human sexuality.
BY EDWARD PENTIN 02/10/2015
– Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
VATICAN CITY — Amid continuing concerns that the upcoming Synod on the Family in October will modify Church teaching on marriage, the family and human sexuality, clergy, lay individuals and groups are increasingly trying to make their voices heard through public statements and sending open letters and petitions to Pope Francis.
One of the most vocal has been Cardinal Raymond Burke, patron of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Asked in a Feb. 8 television interview with the French channel France2 what he would do if Pope Francis insisted on allowing holy Communion for remarried divorcees, the cardinal replied: “I will resist. I cannot do anything else. There is no doubt that this is a difficult time, this is clear, this is clear.”
He also quoted a cardinal who had written to him regretting that some cardinals “have not had the courage” to oppose some of the proposals put forward at last year’s synod. “This is not good. This is not synodality, because it is necessary to say all those things that, in the Lord, it is felt that must be said,” Burke quoted the cardinal as saying.
In response to the synod of bishops calling for wide (name removed by moderator)ut “at all levels” in preparation for the assembly at the Vatican in October, large numbers Catholics have signed a “filial appeal” asking Pope Francis to address a current state of confusion regarding Church doctrine.
The appeal asks the Holy Father to reaffirm “categorically the Catholic teaching that divorced and civilly remarried Catholics cannot receive Holy Communion and that homosexual unions are contrary to Divine and natural law.”
The petition, organized by Filiale Supplica, an Italian-based group of “concerned lay Catholic leaders and pro-family organizations” from around the world, had received more than 72,000 signatures on Feb. 5 and been signed by prominent Catholic figures such as American Cardinal Raymond Burke, patron of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Chilean Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, who is a former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Liturgy, and former U.S. presidential candidate Rick Santorum.
Text of the Appeal
In the text of the appeal to be sent to the Pope, the signatories stress that in the face of “a decades-long sexual revolution promoted by an alliance of powerful organizations, political forces and the mass media,” Catholic teaching on the Sixth Commandment that forbids adultery “shines like a beacon in face of this ominous ideological objective.”
But they note “with anguish” that, for millions of faithful Catholics, the beacon “seems to have dimmed” because of the “onslaught of lifestyles spread by anti-Christian lobbies.” The resulting confusion, they said, has led to “a breach” that has opened within the Church, which would “accept adultery by permitting divorced and then civilly remarried Catholics to receive Holy Communion,” and “virtually accept homosexual unions” when such practices are “categorically condemned as being contrary to Divine and natural law.”
For this reason, the signatories are hoping a word from the Pope would “clarify the growing confusion amongst the faithful,” prevent Christ’s teaching from being “watered-down,” and “dispel the darkness looming over our children’s future should that beacon no longer light their way.”
“Holy Father, we implore you to say this word,” say the signatories, who also include Virginia Coda Nunziante, president of Italy’s March for Life, Austin Ruse, the head of C-Fam, and Robert Royal, president of the Faith and Reason Institute. “We do so with a heart devoted to all that you are and represent. We do so with the certainty that your word will never disassociate pastoral practice from the teaching bequeathed by Jesus Christ and his vicars — as this would only add to the confusion.”
Asked why he put his name to the petition, Robert Royal told the Register: “I don’t usually sign public appeals, but the confusion that is starting to grow about Church teaching on marriage and all things sexual cannot be ignored.”
He added, “These questions are just too crucial to everyday human life, let alone holiness. This letter gently and sincerely asks the Holy Father for a clarification.”
Royal explained that in view of Pope Francis’ own admission that he sometimes is misunderstood, “it’s not a bad idea for him to issue some sort of clarification before the political campaigns to influence the October 2015 get into full swing.”
(Read the rest there)
Pro-Marriage, Pro-Family Voices Lodge Pre-Synod Appeals
They call on the Church and the Pope to uphold Catholic teaching on marriage, the family and human sexuality.
BY EDWARD PENTIN 02/10/2015
– Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
VATICAN CITY — Amid continuing concerns that the upcoming Synod on the Family in October will modify Church teaching on marriage, the family and human sexuality, clergy, lay individuals and groups are increasingly trying to make their voices heard through public statements and sending open letters and petitions to Pope Francis.
One of the most vocal has been Cardinal Raymond Burke, patron of the Sovereign Order of Malta. Asked in a Feb. 8 television interview with the French channel France2 what he would do if Pope Francis insisted on allowing holy Communion for remarried divorcees, the cardinal replied: “I will resist. I cannot do anything else. There is no doubt that this is a difficult time, this is clear, this is clear.”
He also quoted a cardinal who had written to him regretting that some cardinals “have not had the courage” to oppose some of the proposals put forward at last year’s synod. “This is not good. This is not synodality, because it is necessary to say all those things that, in the Lord, it is felt that must be said,” Burke quoted the cardinal as saying.
In response to the synod of bishops calling for wide (name removed by moderator)ut “at all levels” in preparation for the assembly at the Vatican in October, large numbers Catholics have signed a “filial appeal” asking Pope Francis to address a current state of confusion regarding Church doctrine.
The appeal asks the Holy Father to reaffirm “categorically the Catholic teaching that divorced and civilly remarried Catholics cannot receive Holy Communion and that homosexual unions are contrary to Divine and natural law.”
The petition, organized by Filiale Supplica, an Italian-based group of “concerned lay Catholic leaders and pro-family organizations” from around the world, had received more than 72,000 signatures on Feb. 5 and been signed by prominent Catholic figures such as American Cardinal Raymond Burke, patron of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Chilean Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, who is a former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Liturgy, and former U.S. presidential candidate Rick Santorum.
Text of the Appeal
In the text of the appeal to be sent to the Pope, the signatories stress that in the face of “a decades-long sexual revolution promoted by an alliance of powerful organizations, political forces and the mass media,” Catholic teaching on the Sixth Commandment that forbids adultery “shines like a beacon in face of this ominous ideological objective.”
But they note “with anguish” that, for millions of faithful Catholics, the beacon “seems to have dimmed” because of the “onslaught of lifestyles spread by anti-Christian lobbies.” The resulting confusion, they said, has led to “a breach” that has opened within the Church, which would “accept adultery by permitting divorced and then civilly remarried Catholics to receive Holy Communion,” and “virtually accept homosexual unions” when such practices are “categorically condemned as being contrary to Divine and natural law.”
For this reason, the signatories are hoping a word from the Pope would “clarify the growing confusion amongst the faithful,” prevent Christ’s teaching from being “watered-down,” and “dispel the darkness looming over our children’s future should that beacon no longer light their way.”
“Holy Father, we implore you to say this word,” say the signatories, who also include Virginia Coda Nunziante, president of Italy’s March for Life, Austin Ruse, the head of C-Fam, and Robert Royal, president of the Faith and Reason Institute. “We do so with a heart devoted to all that you are and represent. We do so with the certainty that your word will never disassociate pastoral practice from the teaching bequeathed by Jesus Christ and his vicars — as this would only add to the confusion.”
Asked why he put his name to the petition, Robert Royal told the Register: “I don’t usually sign public appeals, but the confusion that is starting to grow about Church teaching on marriage and all things sexual cannot be ignored.”
He added, “These questions are just too crucial to everyday human life, let alone holiness. This letter gently and sincerely asks the Holy Father for a clarification.”
Royal explained that in view of Pope Francis’ own admission that he sometimes is misunderstood, “it’s not a bad idea for him to issue some sort of clarification before the political campaigns to influence the October 2015 get into full swing.”
(Read the rest there)
