Argentinean Archbishop Confronts Francis with His Contradictions
Retired La Plata Archbishop Héctor Aguer, Argentina, wrote on InfoVaticana.com about “Where is the ‘Sundal Church’ heading?”. Before Cardinal Bergoglio was elected pope, Aguer was the Church prelate who was putting Bergoglio in the shadow. The distance between downtown La Plata to downtown Buenos Aires is only 36 miles. Thus, Bergoglio harboured many grudges against him and sent him into retirement as quickly as he could. Recently, Aguer fell in his house and broke his hip.
What is the aim? Aguer has doubts about the three-year discussion which the Synod of Synodes imposed upon all dioceses of the world. His questions: “Is the aim to relativise the hierarchical structure of the Church in order to give executive power "to the grassroots"? Are "new lay ministries" being analysed, which compete with the priests, and will eventually substitute them? Is the "synodal Church" on the way to becoming a so-called liberal democracy,…More