Diary Of A Synod . . . Confusions, Exclusions, And Mounting Indignation
By MAIKE HICKSON The first working day of the Synod on the Family, October 5, started things off with a good and hopeful tone. But that was soon to change. Positively, the general relator of the synod, Peter Cardinal Erdo, gave his introductory speech in which it became clear that the heterodox parts of last year’s synod — the ones about giving Holy Communion to adulterers and the ones about seeing positive elements in homosexual relationships — were rejected by the synod fathers and, therefore, were not up for further discussion. He said, for example: “Regarding the divorced-and-civilly-remarried, a merciful, pastoral accompaniment is only right — an accompaniment, however, which leaves no doubt about the truth of the indissolubility of…Continue Reading