Francis: "Performing an Autopsy on a Cadaver"
Interestingly, Francis refuses to dialogue even with cardinals who respectfully ask him questions. He suggested to view scandals in the Church with the hope of the Gospel because failing to do so would amount to “performing an autopsy on a cadaver.”
He stressed "that the clay of which we are made is chipped, damaged and cracked.” The Church is for Francis “in a continual crisis,” but he warned that she shouldn't become a "body in conflict, with winners and losers.”
When the Church is viewed in terms of conflict with the progressives versus traditionalists, then she becomes fragmented and polarised and loses her true nature, Francis said.
For Francis, the reform of the Church cannot be like putting a patch on an old garment, or drafting a new Apostolic Constitution. He explained that he doesn't want to "change" the Church but clothe her with a "new" garment - whatever is meant by that.
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