Saturday, October 18, 2014

More on Pentin-Kasper

Card. Kasper denies he gave interview. Journalist posts recording of interview.

The audio and transcript.

I'm not surprised Zenit would back down; what Roman Catholic media outlet isn't ultramontane in its sympathies? (You could say that it is just showing some respect to a bishop of the Church, but I think there is more behind Zenit's decision than this...)

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev in Rome

DECR chairman meets with Pope Emeritus Benedicts XVI and Russia’s ambassador to Vatican
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with president of Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Metropolitan Hilarion’s interview to Vatican Radio
Metropolitan Hilarion speaks at Plenary session of the Synod of Catholic Bishops in Vatican
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Pope Emeritus Benedicts XVI and Russia’s Ambassador to Vatican
The Theology of Freedom. Christianity and Secular Power: From the Edict of Milan to the Present

Related:
Rorate Caeli: IMPORTANT: The Backlash Against the Manipulated Synod of Francis
- Snippets from a Rome in Disbelief after 18 Months of Fear Under Pressure
Greeting address by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk to the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Catholic Bishops on Pastoral Challenges to the Family in the Context of Evangelization




Cardinal Burke Confirms...

Cardinal Burke to CWR: confirms transfer, praises pushback, addresses controversy over remarks by Cardinal Kasper
What Card. Burke really said to BuzzFeed
Burke confirms: Yes, Pope has demoted me.
"Pope has done a lot of harm by not saying openly what his position is"
Synod "designed to change Church's teaching"
NCR