Msgr. Pope Speaks Out Against the ‘Synodal Church’: ‘I Want the Catholic Church’

‘I want the Church who is in love with her spouse Jesus, not desperate for the approval of the world or enamored by it,’ the Washington, D.C. priest said ahead of the upcoming Synod on Synodality.

By Louis Knuffke, LifeSiteNews, Aug 11, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Msgr. Charles Pope, known for his outspoken defense of the Traditional Latin Mass and Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life and marriage, has strongly criticized the push within the Church’s hierarchy to create a “synodal church,” calling out the secular agenda of Rome’s upcoming Synod of Bishops on Synodality and declaring, “I don’t want it … I want the Church Jesus founded.”

“From all I hear about this ‘synodal church’ I don’t want it,” Msgr. Pope wrote on Facebook. “I want the Catholic Church. I want the Church of the martyrs, of the Saints. I want the Catholic Church, who is a bride, not a widow; the Bride of Christ, not a disciple of the world, who has a joyful orthodoxy that is opposed to the world in order to convert it.”  …

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