Bishop Munilla: Francis Should Have Consulted Bishops Beforehand

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla of Orihuela-Alicante, Spain, believes that Bergoglio's scribble about blessing homosexual couples is "not heretical" (ReligionEnLibertad.com, December 21).

He criticises Bergoglio for not consulting the bishops beforehand, recalling Cardinal Ratzinger's worldwide consultation with the bishops in drafting the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

"I would have expected a different approach to the issue," the bishop said [as if the problem with Francis' scrawl was its approach and not its content].

Given that it is "a particularly controversial and sensitive issue", he finds it surprising that Francis did not proceed in a synodal manner: "We would have been spared the divergent reactions of the Episcopal Conferences that we are witnessing."

Criticising the homosexual propagandist James Martin, and German and Belgian priests - who are already publicly "blessing" homosexual couples - Bishop Munilla noted that "sectors that openly disagree with the Church's sexual morality are applauding this declaration and at the same time disregarding it".

Picture: José Ignacio Munilla © Orihuela-Alicante, #newsXxvcuolsck

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foward

Dec 23, 2023

Cowardice

Live Mike

3Dec 22, 2023

But you were consulted, Bishop Munilla. It was called the Synod on Synodality which has been ongoing since 2021.

Seabass

Dec 22, 2023

What a joke! Every bishop/cardinal in the world should have seriously questioned what was going on in 2013. Point fingers right back at yourselves with this latest mess. It's just due for attempting to kick the can down the road.

Kenjiro M. Yoshimori

Dec 22, 2023

In the end, I think nothing will happen. This blasphemy will stand, and Francis and his pals will just go on their merry way planning up another disaster.

Seabass

Dec 22, 2023

Impossible! The gates of hell will not prevail against Christ's Church.

Denis Efimov

Dec 23, 2023

The gates of hell will not prevail against the Church, there is not the slightest doubt about that. But this promise is in no way applicable to the conciliar-synodal church.

Seabass

Dec 23, 2023

I firmly disagree with you. VII and it's rotten fruit, along with it's evil prelates, WILL be revoked. It has to be this way because of the LIES that are interwoven through the sham council docs, new code, and new ccc. Lies ARE the gates of hell and satan is the father of lies. As soon as you start being 'ok' with some of the lies, or even one...those gates are opening for you. God will not be mocked …More

123jussi

2Dec 22, 2023

Of course it is not heretical it is blasphemous!

Denis Efimov

Dec 23, 2023

This is definitely blasphemy. But if we understand by a dogma concerning morality a teaching revealed by God, which, in this capacity, is offered to the faith of the faithful by the ordinary and universal magisterium of the Church, then this is also a heresy. Didn’t the Church teach us that, according to Holy Scripture, sodomy is evil, a sin that needs to be repented of, and not blessed? Didn’t the Church teach us that we participate in someone else’s sin if we approve or do not interfere with it? Did not the Third Lateran Council declare that for this sin the Lord destroyed five cities by fire?