European bishops take contrasting approaches in meetings to discuss family, prepare for Synod
June 05, 2015
Separate meetings of European bishops—one in Rome, one in Poland—have shown dramatically different approaches to questions of marriage and family life, reports The Tablet.
A meeting of German, French, and Swiss bishops, held at the Pontifical Gregorian University, heard calls for the Synod of Bishops to explore new options for welcoming homosexuals and married couples in troubled relationships. But the meeting in Torun, Poland, emphasized existing Catholic teaching on the indissolubility of marriage.
“There is no sense in discussing the problem of same-sex partnerships at the Synod,” Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, told the meeting in Poland. “It is forbidden for formal reasons because the family is a relationship between a man and a woman – exclusively and indissolubly.”
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Further information:
- Early markers put down over same-sex marriage in Germany, France, Switzerland ahead of Synod (Tablet)
- Liberal European bishops planning media campaign before Synod? (CWN, 6/4)
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Posted by: rjbennett1294 -
Jun. 06, 2015 7:08 AM ET USA
“There is no sense in discussing the problem of same-sex partnerships at the Synod,” Cardinal Gerhard Müller said. Oh, but the German, French, and Swiss bishops will go on discussing it, and go on and on and on. Nothing else gives such meaning to their lives and their "apostolate."
