Francis is carrying out a "revolution" in the Church "by all means",
Archbishop Jean-Paul Vesco, 62, of Algiers, Algeria, told Katholisch.de
(December 30). He is a homosexual activist, former lawyer, marathon
runner, and newly appointed cardinal.
He joined the Dominicans under then-Superior General Timothy Radcliffe, also a homosexual activist and newly appointed cardinal.
Cardinal
Vesco expressed "admiration" for Cardinal Radcliffe, and called him a
personal "friend": "When Timothy came to Algeria, we traveled all over
the south together, talking a lot and experiencing very impressive
moments."
The two share "the same vision" [= delirium] of the Church.
He praised Radcliffe's "new and liberating" perspective on religious life, concerning "affectivity, obedience, dominion".
Cardinal
Vesco criticized a "patriarchal" history of the Church [which is full
of women]. He advocates for more women in leadership and the liturgy: "Women's access to the altar would show a different face of the Church."
He framed the [invalid] ordination of women as "cultural" rather than theological.
In
Algiers, more than half of the members of the two archdiocesan
councils, the Bishops' Council and the Economic Council, are lay people,
including women.
The diocesan curia is composed of six women and
two men, the archbishop and the vicar general: "A return to a diocesan
curia composed only of priests is unthinkable [for him]".
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