Synod Covered...
It's official the Synod on the Family has begun and concludes in two weeks with a closing Mass. The beatification ceremony of "Venerable Paul VI" is also scheduled to take place this same day on
October 19, 2014, at the conclusion of the III Extraordinary
General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the family.
What will happen at the Synod? Will Francis look to be shoring up his
base of support among the bishops? Will we see cardinals Burke and
Kasper duke it out? Will the rules for communion be changed? Are there
other backroom dealings, which haven't been reported by media, to
happen? What an interesting half month it is going to be!
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI may take part in Paul VI’s beatification
Mass Oct. 19, revealed Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy
See Press Office.
Asked if the retired pope was expected to give his personal contribution to the two-week synod of bishops, Father Lombardi said during a press conference that “it is not expected that the pope emeritus will take part in the synod, which is so committing and long.”
“Since his resignation, the pope emeritus has been living a private life in prayer,” said Father Lombardi, adding, “Everybody hopes to see him for Paul VI’s beatification.”
Asked if the retired pope was expected to give his personal contribution to the two-week synod of bishops, Father Lombardi said during a press conference that “it is not expected that the pope emeritus will take part in the synod, which is so committing and long.”
“Since his resignation, the pope emeritus has been living a private life in prayer,” said Father Lombardi, adding, “Everybody hopes to see him for Paul VI’s beatification.”
Everything is up for discussion!
In their discussions of sexual and medical ethics, participants at the Synod of Bishops on the family are giving emphasis to the concept of "graduality," as a way of thinking about morality that allows for human imperfection without compromising ideals.
In an address to the assembly on its first working day, Oct. 6, Cardinal Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, said that "Humanae Vitae," the 1968 encyclical by Pope Paul VI that reaffirmed the church's prohibition of artificial birth control, "needs to be considered in light of the law of graduality." He suggested that it was unrealistic to expect immediate acceptance of the widely flouted teaching.
The cardinal quoted "Familiaris Consortio," a 1981 apostolic exhortation by "St." John Paul II on the role of the Christian family in the world that was inspired by the last synod on the family in 1980. According to " St." John Paul, each person is a historical being who "knows, loves and accomplishes moral good in stages of growth."
Several bishops referred to graduality in their remarks during an afternoon session dedicated to the theme of "God's plan for marriage and the family."
Read More: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1404149.htm
Cardinal: Is teaching on sexuality changing?
More Vatican II "dialogue" with the world
(Note: When you read "graduality" run for the hills. This is Progressivism)
Seventy speeches, the “graduality” between real life and the Christian ideal, remarried divorcees and the Eucharist which “is not the sacrament of the perfect”
A language that facilitates “dialogue with the
world”, “graduality” as an attitude which takes into consideration the
difficulties that can separate real families from the Christian ideal, the “long, personalised and also severe” path of preparation for the marriage sacrament, embracing remarried divorcees (“the Eucharist is
not the sacrament of the perfect, but rather of those who are on the
way”). These are some of the topics that emerged in the Extraordinary
Synod on the family which kicked off yesterday in the Vatican. Pope
Francis is present at all the meetings.
The Holy See Press Office reported on the general
debate which continued throughout today’s second and third Congregations
following yesterday’s opening morning session. Vatican spokesman, Fr.
Federico Lombardi, spoke at a multilingual press conference and written
summaries of speeches were published. These summaries do not specify
which Synod Father discussed which issue but they provide an overview of
the themes that emerged from the discussions. 70 Synod Fathers spoke
between yesterday (the first day of the two-week meeting) and this
morning. Addresses were a mix of scheduled and spontaneous speeches.
"More New Wind of Pentecost or heretical "hot air?"
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| New Pentecost?... No, just "hot air" |
"These three things, the hearing, the synodal discussion about the
family, the same loved with the look of Christ, "will be an opportunity
for Providence, with which we will renew the Church and society after
the example of Saint Francis. With the joy of the gospel we shall find
fall in the step of a reconciled and merciful Church, poor and a friend
of the poor. A church that is capable of "defeating through patience and
love, the equally inner and outer afflictions and troubles," (Lumen
gentium, n. 8).
"May the wind of Pentecost blow across the Synod work, the Church, over
the whole of humanity. Let him untie the knots that prevent people from
meeting each other. May he heal the bleeding wounds and rekindle
hope. There are so many people without hope! May he give us that
creative love, which makes it possible to love as Jesus loved. And our
preaching will regain the vitality and dynamism of the first
missionaries of the Gospel. "
Francis ditches Latin as official language of Vatican synod
Synod hears explosive proposals to drop ‘disordered,’ ‘living in sin’ etc
Speaking at this afternoon’s Vatican press briefing on the Synod on
the Family English-language spokesman for the Synod, Fr. Thomas Rosica
noted there has been much discussion about language in the Synod’s
deliberations.
Fr. Rosica explained what he believed to be “one of the salient
interventions” of the day, noting that according to the presenter,
“language such as ‘living in sin’, ‘intrinsically disordered’, or
‘contraceptive mentality’ are not necessarily words that invite people
to draw closer to Christ and the Church.”
“There is a great desire that our language has to change in order to meet the concrete situations,” he added.
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