Two Cardinals Point the Same Way Forward to Recover Faith Within the Church, by Maria Madise

By Maria Madise, Voice of the Family, April 17, 2024

The interventions of two high-ranking prelates must not be ignored: one by Robert Cardinal Sarah, who addressed the bishops of Cameroon on 9 April; the other by Walter Cardinal Brandmüller, who wrote to his fellow Germans via kath.net on 30 March. Whilst different in their content, tone and manner, they strike the same chord: animated by true love for the Bride of Christ, these successors of the apostles appeal to their flock to recover the faith within the Church — each fulfilling his distinctive duties according to his state — as bishops, priests or laypeople. The cardinals’ heartfelt pleas come at the midpoint of the ongoing Synod on Synodality.

Cardinal Sarah, at the start of his stirring speech in Cameroon, commended his brother bishops for their “courageous and prophetic” response to Fiducia supplicans, in which they rejected the possibility of the blessing of same-sex couples authorised by the Vatican document. “Recalling Catholic doctrine on this subject,” the Cardinal said, “you greatly and profoundly served the unity of the Church. You have carried out a work of pastoral charity by remembering the truth.” …

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