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August 12, 2019

Pope Francis: Ordination of married men 'absolutely not' main theme of Amazon synod

Pope Francis.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- The ordination to the priesthood of mature, married men, sometimes called viri probati, is among the topics to be addressed at October’s Amazon synod but is “absolutely not” one of the principle themes of the meeting, Pope Francis said.

Published in Vatican
July 17, 2019

Full text of Cardinal Müller's analysis on the working document of the Amazon synod

Cardinal Gerhard Muller, then-prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is pictured before Pope Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Nov. 19, 2014, file photo.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- Cardinal Gerhard Müller, who was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 2012 and 2017, presented an analysis with a series of objections and criticisms of the Instrumentum Laboris, or working document, of the Synod on the Amazon, to be held in Rome in October.

Published in Faith
July 17, 2019

Cardinal Müller releases statement criticizing Amazon synod document

Cardinal Gerhard Muller, then-prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, attends a Vatican news conference in this Oct. 25, 2016, file photo.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- That the working document for October’s Synod of Bishops calls the Amazon region a source of revelation is a “false teaching,” Cardinal Gerhard Müller said Tuesday.

Published in Faith
June 26, 2014

Synod document cites cultural and economic threats to family

Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois of Paris, one of three cardinals Pope Francis chose to serve as presidents of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family, speaks during a press conference at the Vatican June 26. The press conference was held to unveil th e working document for the October extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family. Also pictured is Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest, synod relator.

VATICAN CITY - The working document for the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops offers a picture of the Catholic Church today struggling to preach the Gospel and transmit moral teachings amid a "widespread cultural, social and spiritual crisis" of the family.

Published in International