Schneider: Francis' Synod Is Copycat of German Synod
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It makes episcopal authority dependent on advisory bodies, following secular institutions.
The Church’s hierarchy is undermined by an ambiguous use of the word “ministry,” which is wrongly attributed to both the ordained and the non-ordained.
The hierarchy is further undermined by the call for womens' diaconate and for women’s participation in governance.
The divine moral law is undermined by the absence of any discussion of sin, Schneider writes, and the homosex movement is promoted.
For Schneider, the Instrumentum Laboris promotes the same anti-Catholic ideas as the German Synod.
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