Chiesa: The German Option of the Argentine Pope
Cardinal Kasper and the progressive wing of the Church of Germany have gotten what they wanted. On communion for the divorced and remarried, Francis is on their side. He made up his mind a while ago, and has acted accordingly
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I believe that Sandro Magister misunderstands the significance of the pope's behaviour. I believe that it is not about the family so much as about collegiality. Pope Benedict and Pope FRancis are much closer than SM thinks; the difference being that while both believe in collegiality, Pope Benedict shied away from the consequence of that belief. What happened before Pope Francis is that the synods were heavily controled by the Vatican. THis question should not be opened, that view not be expressed. The result was an agreement between the bishops that was, in part, falsified. The synods gave an illusion of universal agreement when true universal agreement did not exist. What was the result? The universal statement of agreement disguised differences in practice.
Cardinal Burke is correct when he says that the apostolic exhortation is not a work of the magisterium, imposing an agreement. Francis teaches what all bishops have in common and leaves the differences to work themselves out. His job is to allow the dialogue to continue and to seek beneath the diversity the underlying unity.
Pope Benedict, who also believes in collegiality, said while pope that it was not his job to impose beliefs on people but tom remind them what they believe deep down and have forgotten THis takes time.
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