Cardinal Mueller shows his mettle

JMJ

Well I always knew that Cardinal Mueller had strange ideas with regards to speculative theology.

Now, we know he has issues with reality Catholic News Agency and OnePeterFive. The OnePeterFive article is a worthy antidote to the garbage being flouted as 'answers' to the Dubia.

So, I can conclude that the fox is minding the hen-house. Here's the key tidbits that I noted in the CNS article:

“Everyone, above all the cardinals of the Roman Church, have a right to write a letter to the Pope. However, I was amazed because this was made public, almost forcing the Pope to say yes or no,” Cardinal Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said in a Jan. 8 interview with Italian TV channel Tgcom24.
“I don’t like this,” he said, adding that “it does damage to the Church to discuss these things publicly.”

In his comments to Tgcom24, Cardinal Müller said that a correction of the Pope “seems very remote, it’s not possible right now because this is not a danger to the faith as St. Thomas said.”

“We are very far from a correction and I say it is a loss to the Church to discuss these things publicly. Amoris laetitia is very clear in its doctrine and we can interpret (in it) Jesus’ entire doctrine on marriage, the entire doctrine of the Church in 2000 years of history.”

What Pope Francis asks in the document, Cardinal Müller said, is “to discern the situation of these people who live in an irregular union … and to help these people to find a path for a new integration into the Church according to the conditions of the sacraments, of the Christian message of marriage.”

“I don’t see any opposition,” he said. “On one hand we have the clear doctrine on marriage, on the other hand the obligation of the Church to worry about these people in difficulty.”

So ... let's figure this out.

A set of dubia have been sent to the Pope.

The Pope refuses to answer.

The CDF now refuses to answer.

If there was no breach with doctrine - then why not answer the questions in accordance with Church Doctrine?

If there was no breach - there would be no problem.

P^3

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