Msgr. Charles Pope: God’s Perfect Mercy – A Meditation for Divine Mercy Sunday
April 8, 2024Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap.: This Temple, Rebuilt
April 8, 2024
By Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, Kath, April 6, 2024
As was to be expected: the “Synodal Way” has long since become lost in the pathless. The defiant attempts of professional Catholic “officials” to close their eyes to this reality will – like their “Synodal Path” – end in frustration. What remains is the careless waste of millions in church tax money and, what is much worse, discord on central questions of faith and morals, even within the episcopate, and thus serious damage to unity with the entire church. There is already talk of heresy and schism.
Added to this is the mass apostasy – of the Catholics who have been baptized, around 5 percent still take part in the religious, sacramental life of the church. The seminaries are, if not closed at all, only sparsely staffed. But it must also be underlined: the places of formation of some communities (e.g. Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, Institute of Christ the King, Community of Saint Martin, Holy Cross), which are characterized by their love for the liturgy and the Church, are enjoying a lively, growing life. They are in active service of true renewal, renewal in truth. Despite everything, the Church lives in those places where faithful, zealous priests work.
