"To my surprise, the Pope appointed me a member of the [ex]Synod,"
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller told InfoVaticana.com (6 September).
"Heretical
groups disguised as progressives criticised this decision as a mere
tactical manoeuvre by the Pope, who wanted to send a signal to orthodox
Catholics, slandered as conservative or even traditionalist, that the
participants were balanced," the cardinal admits.
Asked about last October's Synod session, Müller says: "It could have been worse".
However,
Cardinal Müller agrees that "there is always the danger that
self-proclaimed progressives, in collusion with anti-Catholic forces in
politics and the media, will introduce into the Church the Agenda 2030",
which is "contrary to the divine dignity of every human person".
He
confirms that "this is no longer a Synod of Bishops, or rather this
international Catholic symposium". The term "synodality" is for him "an
artificially created abstract term and a buzzword".
Confronted
with Tucho Fernandez's statement that he published Fiducia supplicans to
prevent [pseudo] blessings for homosexual concubines from monopolising
the synod, Müller is laconic: "You can pat yourself on the back for your
tactical games. But it's about the truth".
Cardinal Müller
insists that the ex-synod "should not in any way resemble a party
conference in an authoritarian system, where everyone is closely
monitored and controlled to speak according to the wishes of the
authorities, and where the only real ruler then decides as he sees fit".
"The
Church is not a political organisation and its constitution has nothing
to do with an absolute or constitutional monarchy, with an aristocratic
oligarchy, or with a libertarian or totalitarian government of the
people".
Therefore, "we cannot sanction one legitimate opinion in
favour of another with spiritual penalties on climate change,
compulsory vaccination and immigration. Just as ecclesiastical authority
cannot introduce new sacraments, neither can it invent new mortal sins.
Certainly, one cannot seriously threaten with hellish punishments those
who have a different opinion from the majority on climate change".
On
the contrary, what is important is that "heretical positions should not
be recognised with equal rights, because they undermine the foundation
of the Church in its creed".
He exposes the trick of contrasting
heretical positions as "more pastorally sensitive" with the Catholic
position, which is denigrated without serious theological arguments.
One
of the leading forces of the Ex-Synod, the Church in Germany, is "in a
state of rapid mental and spiritual decline, especially with regard to
its official representatives and the circles of Catholic officials
associated with them", Müller analyses.
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