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: A 1P5 article by Maike Hickson is titled
: Interview: Bishop Andreas Laun on Amoris
: Laetitia and the Four Cardinals’ Dubia , and
: commences: Editor’s Note: Bishop Andreas
: Laun is Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg,
: Austria. He is also a Professor of Moral
: Theology at the Philosophical-Theological
: Faculty of Heiligenkreuz, Austria. He is a
: member of the Oblates of St. Francis de
: Sales.
:
: Maike Hickson (MH): You are one of the
: signatories of the Filial Appeal
: “Declaration of Fidelity to the Church’s
: Unchangeable Teaching on Marriage and to Her
: Uninterrupted Discipline” which has now
: already found more than 30,000 supporters.
: Which aspects of the Apostolic Exhortation
: Amoris Laetitia are in your eyes problematic
: and open to contradictory interpretations?
:
: Bishop Andreas Laun (AL): I have read the
: concerns of the Four Cardinals, and I agree
: with them! Additionally, I know personally
: especially Cardinals Meisner and Caffarra
: and know how competent they are! With them,
: I am in the best company!
:
: MH: Do you see any way for the “remarried”
: divorcees to receive the Sacraments without
: their first changing their way of life, and
: then continuing to live as brother and
: sister?
:
: AL: “Unfortunately,” no! I would like to
: name for them an easier path. But it is all
: about truth and not about my feelings. This
: objective question has nothing to do with
: mercy. Could St. John the Baptist have
: “mercifully allowed” Herod to have his
: brother’s wife? The spiritual guide whose
: importance Pope Francis so much emphasizes
: has the role of a physician who makes a
: diagnosis but who then does not also render
: a true service to the patient when he only
: glosses over this illness – as he would
: prefer to have it – even though he knows of
: the illness’ dangers.
:
: MH: Now, four Cardinals – Walter
: Brandmüller, Joachim Meisner, Carlo Caffarra
: and Raymond Leo Burke – have presented to
: Pope Francis five dubia concerning Amoris
: Laetitia and – since they did not receive an
: answer – they also have now published them.
: The four cardinals have been criticized for
: it and some people have accused them of a
: lack of loyalty. How do you yourself judge
: the conduct of these four cardinals?
:
: AL: The conduct of the cardinals is a
: service to the teaching of the Church! In
: history, there are many examples of
: criticism also of a pope. However, it has to
: follow the “morality of criticism”: that is,
: to say it politely, objectively, justly,
: born in love, and with much understanding
: for the one who is to be criticized because
: each criticism also hurts more or less.
: There is more of this refreshingly candid
: comment there for you if you care to access
: the site.
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