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I think that many are now realizing that the Synod has crossed the line for many faithful Catholics (the unfaithful ones don't care ...).
So while they are late to the vineyard, I shan't complain.
Welcome to the fight!
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NC Register:Truth about Synod # 14
The Truth About the 14th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops?
by CARDINAL RAYMOND BURKE 12/01/2015
In the Nov. 28 issue of La Civiltà Cattolica, Jesuit
Father Antonio Spadaro, director of the journal and a synod
father, presents a summary of the work of
the 14th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, dedicated
to the vocation and mission of the family (pp. 372-391).
Although the author makes various affirmations
about the nature and work of the Synod of Bishops, which
demand critical comment in a longer study, one affirmation
which necessitates immediate comment is summarized thus by the
author:
The synod has also desired to touch wounded persons and couples to accompany them and heal them in a process of integration and reconciliation without barriers. Concerning access to the sacraments for those divorced and remarried civilly, the synod has formulated the way of discernment and of the “internal forum,” laying the foundations and opening a door which, on the contrary, had remained closed in the preceding synod.
I set apart the fact the public declarations by
several synod fathers affirm the opposite, that is, they
affirm that the synod upheld the constant practice of the
Church regarding those who are living in an irregular union.
Even as the text of Paragraphs 84 to 86 of the final report of
the synod lacks clarity regarding fundamental truths of the
faith, the holy Eucharist and holy matrimony, the same lack of
clarity has now emerged in the public declarations of the
synod fathers.
The fact is that the synod could not open a door
which does not exist and cannot exist, namely, a discernment
in conscience which contradicts the truth about the supreme
sanctity of the Most Holy Eucharist and the indissolubility of
the marriage bond. The synod, as the Church has always taught
and practiced, has wanted to show love towards the individual
who find himself in a situation which is not coherent with the
teaching of Christ and his Church.
Christlike love of the individual, however, is
not “integration and reconciliation without barriers,” for it
is founded upon the irreplaceable truths of nature and grace
and is ordered accordingly for the good of the individual and
of the whole community. Christlike love accompanies the
individual on the way to repentance and reparation, so that he
can once again be disposed to meet Christ in the sacraments.
The way of discernment upon which the priest
accompanies the penitent who is living in an irregular union
assists the penitent to conform his conscience once again to
the truth of the holy Eucharist and to the truth of the
marriage to which he is bound. As the Church has consistently
taught and practiced, the penitent is led in the “internal
forum” to live chastely in fidelity to the existing marriage
bond, even if seeming to be living with another in a marital
way, and thus to be able to have access to the sacraments in a
way which does not give scandal. Pope St. John Paul II
described the Church’s practice in the “internal forum” in No.
84 of Familiaris Consortio.
The Declaration of the Pontifical Council for Legislative
Texts of June 24, 2000, illustrates the teaching in No. 84 of Familiaris
Consortio. Both of these documents are referenced in
the final report of the synod, but, sadly, in a misleading
way.
To give the impression that there is another
practice in the “internal forum,” which would permit an
individual in an irregular union to have access to the
sacraments, is to suggest that the conscience can be in
conflict with the truth of the faith. Such a suggestion
clearly places priests in an impossible situation, the
expectation that they can “open a door” for the penitent,
which, in fact, does not exist and cannot exist.
Ultimately and to the most serious harm of the
universal Church, it creates the expectation that the Roman
pontiff can sanction a practice which is in conflict with the
truths of the faith. The Synod of Bishops, in accord with its
nature and purpose, cannot be the instrument of such an
expectation.
Cardinal Raymond Burke is the
patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
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