I ett pressutlåtande idag från We are church Irland heter det
”‘We are Church Ireland’ is very disappointed with the final report by Catholic Bishops meeting in Rome over the past three weeks on the issue of the family in contemporary society.
The report’s 94 paragraphs indicate that the majority of the voting Bishops do not favour change either in the teaching or discipline of the Church especially in relation to gay and lesbian people and communion for the divorced and remarried. The position of the role of women in significant roles in the Church did not appear in this final document.
Cardinal Schoenborn of Vienna spoke at the presentation of the report that the issue ‘of homosexuality was too delicate a theme’ to be addressed especially after the most powerful African Churchman, Cardinal Sarah, compared’ gender ideology and ISIS as two Apocalyptic beasts ‘ and having ‘demonic origins’. ”
Men ärkebiskopar på Irland försvarar synodens slutdokument.
Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin defend Synod document
// Irène
PS Omdömena om den nu avslutade biskopssynoden om familjen varierar och kommer nog fortsätta att göra så.
Kardinal Robert Sarah – prefekt för Påvliga Liturgikongregationen – och inflytelserik företrädare för den konservativa afrikanska falangen talade FRISPRÅKIGT inför synoden.
”A theological discernment enables us to see in our time two unexpected threats (almost like two “apocalyptic beasts”) located on opposite poles: on the one hand, the idolatry of Western freedom; on the other, Islamic fundamentalism: atheistic secularism versus religious fanaticism. To use a slogan, we find ourselves between “gender ideology and ISIS”.
Mitt eget intryck är att Rom har talat ……..med kluven tunga ……saken är inte avgjord.
