![Pope Francis (R) embraces new Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich after he appointed him during an Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new cardinals on October 5, 2019 at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Pope Francis (R) embraces new Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich after he appointed him during an Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of new cardinals on October 5, 2019 at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240524060548_c58fa6e27a838c60242bff65fec1d785440c403a978ec1e890275f5f34e26211.jpg)
Pope Francis vs. Cardinal Hollerich
EDITORIAL: The Pope’s comments regarding women’s ordination in his interview with CBS put a damper on the movement to alter the Church’s teaching on the priesthood and diaconate.
EDITORIAL: The Pope’s comments regarding women’s ordination in his interview with CBS put a damper on the movement to alter the Church’s teaching on the priesthood and diaconate.
The cardinal, who has previously courted controversy on doctrinal matters, emphasized the need for ongoing discussion.
While sometimes people had their ‘knives out’ over an issue during small-group discussions at the Oct. 4-29 assembly, eventually, an alternative solution would be discovered, the synod's general relator said.
Chief spokesman Paolo Ruffini told reporters last week that the drafters are assisted by collaborators called ‘sherpas’ and added that ‘it makes no sense to give their names.’
The relator general acknowleged that ‘difficult questions’ will be included.
ANALYSIS: There will be more than 450 participants at the October gathering; here are some to keep your eye on.
In new interview, the cardinal questioned the infallibility of papal documents that affirmed the Church’s perennial teaching that only men may be ordained to holy orders, adding, ‘But for the moment, if Pope Francis tells me it is not an option, it is not an option.’
The Pope has named Cardinals Hollerich, Lacroix, da Rocha, Omella and Vérgez to the C9
Meeting in Beirut in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey Feb. 6, participants discussed how to apply the principles of synodality to the difficult circumstances most local Catholics experience.
COMMENTARY: As Cardinal Pell, Bishop Bätzing and others would testify from different perspectives, papal interview controversies are not rare, but rarely corrected.
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