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ROME — Scratch that private letter to the pope; everything’s cool.
That was the message from South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier to reporters Tuesday, saying concerns he and 12 other cardinals raised in a letter to Pope Francis about the new structure for the synod of bishops had been addressed by the pope, and that they were enjoying the changes after all.
“We found that the new process of the synod was very helpful, because it gave us so much more time to reflect in small groups,” he said.
Napier’s comments echo those of those of two other cardinals who signed the letter, both of whom told Crux they are now happy with the changes: New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Galveston-Houston Cardinal Daniel DiNardo.
Napier told reporters that the synod’s bloc of African bishops, who as a body tend to be more conservative than some of their European counterparts, have been imbued with a “sense of optimism” as the deliberations enter their final phase in the coming days, which he credited to Pope Francis.
cruxnow.com/church/2015/10/20/south-africas-cardinal-napier-says-hes-now-on-board-with-the-synod-structure/
That was the message from South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier to reporters Tuesday, saying concerns he and 12 other cardinals raised in a letter to Pope Francis about the new structure for the synod of bishops had been addressed by the pope, and that they were enjoying the changes after all.
“We found that the new process of the synod was very helpful, because it gave us so much more time to reflect in small groups,” he said.
Napier’s comments echo those of those of two other cardinals who signed the letter, both of whom told Crux they are now happy with the changes: New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Galveston-Houston Cardinal Daniel DiNardo.
Napier told reporters that the synod’s bloc of African bishops, who as a body tend to be more conservative than some of their European counterparts, have been imbued with a “sense of optimism” as the deliberations enter their final phase in the coming days, which he credited to Pope Francis.
cruxnow.com/church/2015/10/20/south-africas-cardinal-napier-says-hes-now-on-board-with-the-synod-structure/