Cardinal Robert Sarah spoke with
LaNef.net (May 5) about Pope Francis, the return of paganism within the
Church, Vatican II, and the decline of the West. Main points.
On Francis' Pontificate
- "Loving the pope does not mean suspending all critical intelligence."
- "It would be unjust to attribute to one man alone a crisis that largely preceded him."
- "We must recognize that an era can leave wounds of confusion."
Paganism within the Church
- "Paganism is not merely the worship of visible idols; it is also the loss of the spirit of adoration."
- "When God is no longer first—even within the Church—everything else is distorted."
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"When faith is reduced to sociological language, liturgy to
entertainment, morality to endless negotiation, and the Church to an
institution that must adapt itself to the desires of the age, then
something of paganism returns."
- "The world does not expect the Church to repeat its own words; it expects the Church to open heaven to it."
- "Susceptibility to the spirit of the world is the great heresy of our time."
- "The Church must free herself from media dogmas in order to preach with freedom the Word of God."
FSSPX Separated from Hierarchical Communion
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"The episcopal ordinations of the Priestly Fraternity Saint Pius X
involve ordaining a bishop against an explicit request from the
Apostolic See."
- "Beyond the sanction itself, such an act would further wound the visible unity of the Church."
- "Fidelity to Tradition cannot be separated from hierarchical communion."
Vatican II Can Be Clarified
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"I would speak first of clarification rather than correction. A council
must be read in continuity with the faith of all ages."
- "Where
certain texts have given rise to divergent or even opposing
interpretations, it is legitimate to seek deeper clarification."
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"The areas most often requiring more precise work are religious liberty,
ecumenism, the relationship between the Church and the modern world,
collegiality, and certain pastoral formulations."
Democracy and Relativism
- "Democracy becomes relativistic when it claims that the majority is sufficient to define good and evil."
- "No procedure can create truth."
- "A democracy that recognizes no objective and transcendent limit to its power becomes a dictatorship of relativism."
Picture: Cardinal Sarah © Fayard, #newsMgncybygya