Rigidity: Francis Is "Simply Wrong" - Burke
A synod's purpose is to promote the faith, not to invent another church and faith, Cardinal Raymond Burke told the German newspaper Die-Tagespost.de (22 August).
To German Catholics who don't want to fund the Synodal Way with their church tax and are considering leaving, Burke recommends staying in their parishes "as painful as it is" and "fighting for the truth of the faith."
Burke's logic: "Otherwise, if everyone leaves, the Church will fall into the hands of those who destroy the Catholic faith and its practice." Unfortunately, this has occurred in Germany already a long time ago.
Believers should confront their [tone-deaf] bishops with "clear words" [and then?]. Burke appeals to returning sacred tradition and contradicts the Francis mantra: "To call fidelity to Catholic teaching rigidity is simply wrong."
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To German Catholics who don't want to fund the Synodal Way with their church tax and are considering leaving, Burke recommends staying in their parishes "as painful as it is" and "fighting for the truth of the faith."
Burke's logic: "Otherwise, if everyone leaves, the Church will fall into the hands of those who destroy the Catholic faith and its practice." Unfortunately, this has occurred in Germany already a long time ago.
Believers should confront their [tone-deaf] bishops with "clear words" [and then?]. Burke appeals to returning sacred tradition and contradicts the Francis mantra: "To call fidelity to Catholic teaching rigidity is simply wrong."
Picture: © Joseph Shaw, CC BY-NC-SA, #newsTqloxhgwtj