Francis Attacks Amazon Synod: "No Discernment," "Useless Bitterness"
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Francis explains that he didn't endorse in Querida Amazonia (February 12) the Synod’s wish to abolish celibacy because "discernment" is "something different, than just arriving at a good consensus or at a relative majority."
Nobody, including Francis, has a clue what the buzzword "discernment" means in this context. For Francis, Bishops‘ Synods should be opportunities for "prayerful reflection" and "spiritual exercise" but not "parliamentary lobbying." Then follows an attack: "Whoever has not realised this evangelical vision of reality exposes himself to useless bitterness."
Francis added that "prayerful listening" shows the "hidden agendas" and calls to conversion.
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