Pell Case: The Church Has Submitted Itself to the World - Interview With Roberto de Mattei
This is a part of an interview the Roman historian Roberto de Mattei gave to the Italian newspaper La Verità (March 4). What do you make of the condemnation of Cardinal George Pell? When there are …More
This is a part of an interview the Roman historian Roberto de Mattei gave to the Italian newspaper La Verità (March 4).
What do you make of the condemnation of Cardinal George Pell?
When there are accusations involving churchmen the Church cannot simply say, "Let’s wait for the results of the investigation carried out by the secular tribunals," because the Church has its own Canon Law, its own tribunals, and is capable of carrying out investigations.
Should we not trust the secular courts?
I find such manifestation of trust in the secular tribunals troubling.
Why?
Those in the Vatican are in shock over the Pell affair because they know that he is innocent. They are embarrassed because the Pope had appointed him Prefect to the Secretariat for the Economy. But once the decision has been made to rely on the secular tribunals, one has to bear the consequences…
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What do you make of the condemnation of Cardinal George Pell?
When there are accusations involving churchmen the Church cannot simply say, "Let’s wait for the results of the investigation carried out by the secular tribunals," because the Church has its own Canon Law, its own tribunals, and is capable of carrying out investigations.
Should we not trust the secular courts?
I find such manifestation of trust in the secular tribunals troubling.
Why?
Those in the Vatican are in shock over the Pell affair because they know that he is innocent. They are embarrassed because the Pope had appointed him Prefect to the Secretariat for the Economy. But once the decision has been made to rely on the secular tribunals, one has to bear the consequences…
Should the Church investigate abusive priests? The Church has its own penal law and tribunals. It needs to have the courage to …More
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@eticasanova: In the case of Cardinal Pell it was said more than once that it was not the law that condemned her but public opinion. I don't know whether De Mattei has a gnostic approach, but he says that the jurisprudence of anti-Christian states cannot be trusted. If the Church trusts Australian judicature then Cardinal Pell [allegedly] must be laisized. Do we also have to laisize a pope if he …More
@eticasanova: In the case of Cardinal Pell it was said more than once that it was not the law that condemned her but public opinion. I don't know whether De Mattei has a gnostic approach, but he says that the jurisprudence of anti-Christian states cannot be trusted. If the Church trusts Australian judicature then Cardinal Pell [allegedly] must be laisized. Do we also have to laisize a pope if he happens to be falsely condemned somewhere like Cardinal Pell was?
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@eticacasanova: I disagree. The Vatican for instance is a state and a Vatican Cardinal like Pell, is a citizen of a that State. We have today the situation that every misdeed of a member of the Church is attributed to everybody. So De Mattei makes a lot of reasonable good points.