Priest Ethicist Warns Francis’ Reforms Risk Schism
Father Professor Andrzej Kobylinski, head of the Department of Ethics at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, warns of the risk of a schism within the Church as a consequence of doctrinal changes introduced by Pope Francis. He emphasises that there are doubts about whether the Pope has exercised his authority excessively.
- The Pope has introduced a “new model of Catholicism,” involving doctrinal regionalisation, Father Professor Kobylinski highlights.
- According to the clergyman, this could lead to a schism within the Church.
- Father Professor Kobylinski points out that “the greatest challenge of the coming decades will be maintaining unity to prevent the Catholic Church from splitting into various conservative or liberal factions.”
Father Professor Kobyliński indicates that Pope Francis has introduced a “new model of Catholicism,” which involves doctrinal regionalisation. This signifies a departure from fixed, universal, and immutable principles and norms. These are being replaced by the individual conscience judgment of the Church’s faithful, stated the head of the Department of Ethics at UKSW, adding: One of the consequences of this doctrinal revolution is the allowance for divorced individuals living in new relationships to receive Holy Communion, which was previously impossible.
Another example is the 2023 declaration “Fiducia supplicans,” which allows for the blessing of homosexual unions in the Catholic Church. Father Professor Kobylinski noted that the Pope is decentralising doctrine on one hand, while strengthening his authority on the other, as illustrated by the decision to allocate an apartment in the Vatican to Archbishop Georg Gänswein.
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