Cardinal: “Francis Goes Slower Because Of Opposition”
The path to married priests is still “open,” Bombay Cardinal Oswald Gracias, a member of Francis’ Cardinal Council, told NcrOnline (February 24). Suggesting the single case trick, he proposes that …More
The path to married priests is still “open,” Bombay Cardinal Oswald Gracias, a member of Francis’ Cardinal Council, told NcrOnline (February 24).
Suggesting the single case trick, he proposes that Amazonian bishops or other bishops could still ask Francis for a dispensations to ordain married men.
Gracias further said that Francis is “very keen that women have a greater role in the Church, in decision-making.” However, he added that "there are pressures,” explaining that Francis’ strategy is to “go slower” to carry everybody with him.
Querida Amazonia surprised Gracias “a bit.” For him it is “very clever” that Francis endorsed the Synod’s final document, “Therefore the final document remains a valid reference point.”
Picture: Oswald Gracias, © Mazur, CC BY-NC-SA, #newsGukxowwsdl
Suggesting the single case trick, he proposes that Amazonian bishops or other bishops could still ask Francis for a dispensations to ordain married men.
Gracias further said that Francis is “very keen that women have a greater role in the Church, in decision-making.” However, he added that "there are pressures,” explaining that Francis’ strategy is to “go slower” to carry everybody with him.
Querida Amazonia surprised Gracias “a bit.” For him it is “very clever” that Francis endorsed the Synod’s final document, “Therefore the final document remains a valid reference point.”
Picture: Oswald Gracias, © Mazur, CC BY-NC-SA, #newsGukxowwsdl
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Bergoglio was disqualified to be Pope because he had already apostatized the Catholic faith in Argentina, where he promoted the Eucharistic sacrilege for adulterous and homosexuals, where he allowed gay adoption, where he was already a Freemason and a Marxist, etc.
“Those capable of being validly elected are all who are not prohibited by divine law or by an invalidating ecclesiastical law… Those …More
Bergoglio was disqualified to be Pope because he had already apostatized the Catholic faith in Argentina, where he promoted the Eucharistic sacrilege for adulterous and homosexuals, where he allowed gay adoption, where he was already a Freemason and a Marxist, etc.
“Those capable of being validly elected are all who are not prohibited by divine law or by an invalidating ecclesiastical law… Those who are barred as incapable of being validly elected are all women, children who have not reached the age of reason; also, those afflicted with habitual insanity, the unbaptized, heretics, schismatics…” (Wernz-Vidal, Jus Canonicum 1:415)
“Those capable of being validly elected are all who are not prohibited by divine law or by an invalidating ecclesiastical law… Those who are barred as incapable of being validly elected are all women, children who have not reached the age of reason; also, those afflicted with habitual insanity, the unbaptized, heretics, schismatics…” (Wernz-Vidal, Jus Canonicum 1:415)