There is a movement afoot
to encourage orthodox Catholic bishops to walk out of the Synod on the Family
before its conclusion. Steve Skojec summarizes the reasoning behind it and thereby sets forth a good
catalogue of reasons conservative Catholics are concerned about this Synod.
I concur but will not
repeat his work . . . except that I do find Pope Francis’ choice of a certain
Cardinal to play a prominent role at this Synod particularly . . . noteworthy:
Cardinal Godfried Daneels, who, in addition to
having advocated for same-sex marriage and legalized abortion, has been
implicated in silencing
clerical sex abuse victims in Belgium – with one notable
instance caught on tape. He is also a participant in the so-called “St.
Gallen Mafia,” a cabal of prelates who worked
in secret against Pope Benedict and wanted
to see Cardinal Bergoglio elected to modernize the Church.
Damian Thompson has
certainly taken note, including this:
At the launch of his authorised biography in
Brussels last month, Danneels
claimed to have been part of a ‘mafia club’ of senior cardinals
opposed to Benedict XVI who wanted to ensure that a liberal pope succeeded
Benedict XVI. Jorge Bergoglio was their favourite candidate. Perhaps we
shouldn’t read too much in to this – the papacy was hardly in the club’s gift.
But when I asked a senior Vatican source this week why Francis had invited
Danneels to the synod – on the face of it, a grotesquely inappropriate move –
he replied: “As a thank-you for the votes he helped deliver.”
I will restrain myself
from saying more for now. But I
can smell “the smoke of Satan” from this Synod – and from the Vatican – all the
way from Texas.
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