Well, let us hope this is prophetic:
Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy, spoke this weekend on issues surrounding the family and the upcoming Synod of Bishops, saying the synod is unable to change Church teaching.
Church teaching, he said, referencing papal documents such as those of St. John Paul II on marriage and family, can’t be “abdicated, (because) it’s based on the teachings of Christ.”
“Christ is very clear about divorce, very clear about adultery; and not quite as important, but still very important, St. Paul is explicit about the conditions that are required for proper reception of communion.”
When it comes to October’s Synod of Bishops on the Family, the cardinal said he expects “the synod will massively endorse the tradition” of the Church’s teachings on these issues.
There is a great desire to help people and to be compassionate, and these are things everyone wants, he noted, saying he believes synod delegates “will recognize that the Christian tradition of St. John Paul the Great, Benedict, the Council of Trent, is well established … and I don’t anticipate any deviation of that.”
Cardinal Pell was answering questions after addressing participants of the May 9 Voice of the Family’s Rome Life Forum.
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Alleluia..Alleluia…ALLLELUIAA.
Good on ya Cardinal Pell.
Methinks that Cardinal Pell, dutifully being “as cunning as a serpent,” was merely firing a warning shot across the bow of the S.S.Kasper…
We need to pray more:
http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/breaking-pope-appoints-fr.-timothy-radcliffe-consultor-for-pontifical-counc