Wednesday, March 18, 2015

"Cardinal rebukes head of German bishops: We can’t ignore Christ’s teaching on marriage"

"Cardinal rebukes head of German bishops: We can’t ignore Christ’s teaching on marriage" (LifeSiteNews, March 11, 2015):
German Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, who headed the Papal Council Cor Unum until 2010 and was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI, has publicly opposed the words and direction of the German Bishops' Conference....

First of all, Cardinal Cordes rebuked Cardinal Marx for his claim that the Catholic Church looks to and expects much from the Church in Germany. He noted that Germany has barely any supernatural Faith left (only 16.2 percent of German Catholics believe in a Triune God, as a personal God with a Face, instead of an abstraction), so therefore, Germany is hardly a model for any other country concerning the Faith.
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[Hat tip to Dr. Ralph Martin]

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