His Eminence Cardinal Burke . . . Neither Bishops Nor Pope Can Change Christ’s Teaching on Marriage
October 30, 2014 – 4:27 AM By Terence P. Jeffrey Can a pope change Catholic teaching on marriage? When the synod of bishops that Pope Francis has called to discuss the family was meeting in Rome earlier this month, someone not particularly familiar with the Catholic faith might have presumed the answer was yes. The synod, for example, released a midterm report with a section headed: “Positive aspects of civil unions and cohabitation.” Yet the Catholic Catechism states: “The Lord Jesus insisted on the original intention of