Good Peripheries and Bad Peripheries? By Fr Reto Nay
During a Roman presentation of Cardinal Robert Sarah's book "The Power of Silence", Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Prefect of the Papal Household, said, that "for the Church there is no such thing as …More
During a Roman presentation of Cardinal Robert Sarah's book "The Power of Silence", Archbishop Georg Gänswein, Prefect of the Papal Household, said, that "for the Church there is no such thing as peripheries; her heart is wherever a candle burns in front of a tabernacle."
Nevertheless, Pope Francis often talks about peripheries. He is even referred to as "Pope of the Peripheries". In this sense, Cardinal Sarah, who hails from a poor family in peripheral Muslim Guinea, must be called "Cardinal of the Peripheries". But then we hear, that the liberal "Pope of the Peripheries" does not like the Catholic "Cardinal of the Peripheries".
This could indicate that Gänswein is right after all. There are indeed no peripheries in the Church. When the word "peripheries" is used in church-speak, it does not mean the simple and poor Catholics of whom Cardinal Sarah is a genuine expression. It means the opposite of its literal meaning. It means "mainstream".
Picture: Georg Gänswein, © Roberto Stuckert …More
Nevertheless, Pope Francis often talks about peripheries. He is even referred to as "Pope of the Peripheries". In this sense, Cardinal Sarah, who hails from a poor family in peripheral Muslim Guinea, must be called "Cardinal of the Peripheries". But then we hear, that the liberal "Pope of the Peripheries" does not like the Catholic "Cardinal of the Peripheries".
This could indicate that Gänswein is right after all. There are indeed no peripheries in the Church. When the word "peripheries" is used in church-speak, it does not mean the simple and poor Catholics of whom Cardinal Sarah is a genuine expression. It means the opposite of its literal meaning. It means "mainstream".
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Truly nowadays up is down & right is wrong. Dear Father Nay many see the truth of things.
May God be praised in His faithful servants. Deo Gratias
May God be praised in His faithful servants. Deo Gratias
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When the word "peripheries" is used in church-speak, it does not mean the simple and poor Catholics of whom Cardinal Sarah is a genuine expression. It means the opposite of its literal meaning. It means "mainstream".
Simple and poor Catholics are likely included in Pope Francis' use of the term peripheries but I'd bet there are more problematic inclusions as well.
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When the word "peripheries" is used in church-speak, it does not mean the simple and poor Catholics of whom Cardinal Sarah is a genuine expression. It means the opposite of its literal meaning. It means "mainstream".
Simple and poor Catholics are likely included in Pope Francis' use of the term peripheries but I'd bet there are more problematic inclusions as well.
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Simple and poor Catholics are likely included in Pope Francis' use of the term peripheries but I'd bet there are more problematic inclusions as well.
Pope Francis again welcomes visit from Italy’s leading abortion advocate
Vatican: ‘Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer Christians’
Pope Francis says transsexuals and homosexuals should be 'welcomed' and embraced by the Catholic Church
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