Gloria.TV News on the 16th of October 2015
Justice: Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, has criticized the ongoing Synod on the Family. Quote: “Since Westerners have redacted the Instrumentum Laboris it is obvious that its point of view is essentially occidental.” Ouedraogo said that polygamy is the much bigger problem in Africa than divorce and remarriage. In other words: If the bishops want to allow adulterous couples to receive Holy Communion, it is a matter of justice to allow polygamist to do the same.
Force-Feeding: Father George Byers has summarized the impression, the Synod on the Family has given so far. Quote: “No one feels invited right now to know the joy felt by the adulterous woman when Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go and do not sin again.” People feel terribly insulted when they are arrogantly, condescendingly force-fed “the tranquilizing drug of gradualism”.”
Collapse: According to Father Ray Blake the discussion in the Synod Hall has moved …More