Danger Averted, at Least for Now.
Danger Averted, at Least for Now
Yesterday, Francis published his Amazon exhortation "Querida Amazonia". The expected introduction of married priests and female deacons did not happen. The journalist Aldo Maria Valli writes: "Danger averted, at least for now." The text does not contain any concrete proposals for the Amazon, but presents Francis' four "dreams". Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schönborn called the document seriously a "love letter". Professor Roberto de Mattei reminded in a commentary of the strategy of two steps forward and one step back which Francis mentioned in the past
The Main Problem in the Synod Text
The most problematic passage in "Querida Amazonia" is paragraph 82 about Mass. Francis encourages to include pagan rites and symbols in the Eucharist. He feels empowered to ask for - quote: "taking up in the liturgy many elements of the intensive nature experience of the indigenous people, and for stimulating their own forms of expression …More