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Former CDF Prefect Cdl. Gerhard Müller fielded LifeSite’s questions about the import of the Pope’s new appointment at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
By Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews, July 4, 2023 – 11:55 am EDT
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The following is an interview Cardinal Gerhard Müller gave to LifeSiteNews via email, responding to the recent news of Archbishop Victor Fernández’s nomination to become the new prefect of the Congregation (now Dicastery) for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF).
LifeSiteNews reported the announcement on July 1, outlining Archbishop Fernández’s controversial stance on a number of issues, such as on the reception of Holy Communion for the divorced and re-married, the promotion of Amoris Laetitia, and his writings on sexuality.
Cardinal Müller served as Prefect of the CDF from 2012 through 2017, at which time Pope Francis replaced him with Cardinal Luis Ladaria Ferrer, S.J.
The following interview has been slightly edited for clarity in its English translation, and is presented in its entirety. …
