Asked whether the homosexual pamphlet "Fiducia Supplicans" was good or bad, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said "it's always good" (VaticanNews.va, 12 January).
For Parolin, the important thing is to continue what he calls "progress in continuity". This makes a mockery of the meaning of words. Sodoma Supplicans is no "progress" and much less "continuity".
Parolin says everything and the opposite of everything: "there has always been change" - "the Church of today is not the Church of 2000 years ago" - "the Church is open to the signs of the times" - "the Church is attentive to the needs that arise" - "but it must also be faithful to the Gospel" - "it must be faithful to tradition, faithful to its heritage".
Commenting on the African bishops' refusal to take the immoral pamphlet "Fiducia Supplicans" seriously, Pietro Parolin said that this text had provoked "very strong reactions from some episcopates" [= the most vital ones where the Church is growing].
"It means that a very, very delicate, …More