Thirteen cardinals express concern over new synod rules in letter to Pope [CH-UK]

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Who leaked the cardinals’ letter? Cui bono?
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Another update today from Sandro Magister on the background to the so-called “Plot of the Thirteen.” Link below.

The first report about the letter appeared on October 8 on a different website, Vatican Insider, which is commonly seen as being much more Francis-friendly than Magister’s blog. In today’s post Magister describes Andrea Tornielli, the coordinator of Vatican Insider, as “the vaticanista who is friendliest with and closest of all to Pope Francis, his frequent guest at Santa Marta and his interviewer many times over.”

Magister’s post continues:

*Tornielli in fact broke the news of the step taken toward the pope back on October 8, four days before their letter became known, with a very well-informed article that appeared jointly on “Vatican Insider” (although it was quickly removed from the home page) and in the newspaper “La Stampa,” on page 9.

In “La Stampa” the article was given the heading “Behind the scenes” and was entitled: “Synod steered, the accusation of 13 prelates. The pope replies: enough with the conspiracy theories.”*

chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1351158?eng=y
 
This is my take.

As we have established, the Pope’s hands get tied, i.e he was compelled to accept the particular procedures and the document, and to reconfirm them after they were queried. (He moved into St Martha’s where there are more witnesses to anything.)

There must be lots of letters at synod times.

It is perfectly legitimate to query these things in a letter, concerned for the synod to produce concrete results that will support evangelisation.

This was done at the synod start.

With the inherent difficulties the delegates have been ploughing through the topics. The fuss at this time may be intended (i) to derail delegates from attending to the topics, (ii) to deflect attention from a section of the proceedings taking unorthodox lines and (iii) attempt to damage the reputation of the Pope, the 13 (or 9) and those fairly like-minded with them.

Magister and his publication are occupying a market rather than supporting faith.

Damian Thompson has strongly embraced goal (iii) that I have mentioned.

The Pope is mostly rather serene and maybe some of the 13 (or 9) aren’t very. That is another important thing. Any lack of serenity can be used as a pretext for the moves I have described.

The Pope’s phrase “hermeneutic of conspiracy” I read as conspiring as a template of action. (The 13 - or 9 - are accused of accusing some of conspiring. Is the Pope saying whoever had the conspiring idea - don’t - naming no names. Indeed he could be saying both things.)

He is relying on us being grown up now and using discernment.

The Cui Bono essay cited in one of Followchrist’s posts supports my views. The endless rehashes in all the other publications only serve the leakers’ aims even more.

Edward Pentin told the long known facts of last year’s synod. An article I read by him recently - can’t pin it down at the moment - rang true.

Indeed what goes on in the Vatican buildings is an uncanny replay of what often goes on inside one of us in the thick of life.
 
Sandro Magister returns to the attack with a further chapter in the saga of the Letter of the Thirteen Cardinals, this time transcribing in full a profile of Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, originally published in the Milan daily *Il Foglio.

The “Conspirator” Who Does Everything in the Light of Day:*

chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1351160?eng=y
 
BartholomewB said:
Sandro Magister returns to the attack with a further chapter in the saga of the Letter of the Thirteen Cardinals, this time transcribing in full a profile of Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, originally published in the Milan daily *Il Foglio.

The “Conspirator” Who Does Everything in the Light of Day:*

chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/1351160?eng=y
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Archbishop Dolan very well summarizes and clarifies the problem of making “pastoral” changes.>

"In interviews and in his remarks in the assembly Dolan has explicitly clarified that *doctrinal changes are not on the table, but that this *should also rule out pastoral changes that risk, by the affirmation of practice, making doctrine hollow over time."
 
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