Pete Baklinski Tue Nov 22, 2016 - 4:58 pm EST * Updated: Who are these four cardinals who wrote the ‘dubia’ to the Pope?
Editor's Note: This story has been updated Nov. 23, 2016 to include Vatican posts as well as academic qualifications of the four cardinals.
(Last paragraph): “While the animosity toward the four Cardinals coming from the Pope and his closest collaborators was expected, observers of the Vatican continue to be surprised at to what extent the character assassinations have gone. Despite the animosity, the Cardinals, who are not strangers to standing firm in the face of opposition, appear to be calmly proceeding with their course of action, indicating last week that should Francis refuse to answer their concerns, they would consider issuing a “formal correction” of the pope.”
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Open discussions that are closed to many
Posted by John on November 24, 2016, 7:38 pm, in reply to "the link"
In the article to which PDH has drawn our attention, the first paragraph refers to some very confronting assertions made about the four Cardinals who addressed the five dubia to Pope Francis. The Cardinals appear to have been referred to, by supporters of the Pope, as:
Pope Francis often calls for an outspoken and fearless dialogue between all members of the Church in matters concerning the spiritual good of souls. In the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia, the Pope speaks of a need for “open discussion of a number of doctrinal, moral, spiritual, and pastoral questions. The thinking of pastors and theologians, if faithful to the Church, honest, realistic and creative, will help us to achieve greater clarity” (n. 2). Furthermore, relationships at all levels within the Church must be free from a climate of fear and intimidation, as Pope Francis has requested in his various pronouncements.
It appears now as though not everyone is invited to “open discussion of a number of doctrinal, moral, spiritual, and pastoral questions” of the very document that led to the raising of the dubia. One is left wondering then, why the Pope chose the word “open.”