The group notes the second attempt was the widely reported filial correction addressed directly to the holy father in 2017 because, as they. Dec 28, 2015 chicago archbishop blase cupich is not a heretic. The tone of the book is calm and factual, yet urgent and unflinching in the face of unpleasant truth. After all, wasnt it francis right hand man, cardinal maradiaga who said. Open letter to the bishops of the catholic church rkdocumenten.
Author accuses honduran cardinal of betrayal and coverup in. So this is the truly malignant archbishop of chicago, blase cupich, a man so vile and so odious, so filled with contempt for the church and the mass that he literally locked the latin mass parish in rapid city, south dakota out of their church and refused to let them celebrate the easter triduum in 2002. Catholic clergy, scholars accuse pope francis of heresy. Later made into an academy awardnominated film directed by otto preminger and starring john huston, the book tells a story that captured the nations attention. Maradiaga might as well have a sign hanging around his neck saying im a bad guy. Father aidan nichols signs open letter charging pope. If they claim to find some heresy in the words of francis, theyre making a big mistake. No, i am not saying that pope francis is in heresy. In a new interview, he says that pope francis has adopted a gradual approach to address. Cupich, as our readers will recall, was chosen by the pope to be in charge of the bishops summit on abuse. Cardinal extols saint who condemned heretic bishop. Cardinal oscar andres rodriguez maradiaga is the archbishop of tegucigalpa.
Maradiagas handpicked deputy stands accused of sex abuse. He is the current archbishop of tegucigalpa, president of caritas internationalis and was president of the latin american episcopal conference celam from 1995 to 1999. Jan 21, 2015 the cardinal is a classically trained pianist and jazz saxophonist. Stephen gilbert, 1 book kevin lee, 1 book noel greig, 1 book david chapman, 1 book walter, 1 book john seed, 1 book dirg. Feb 17, 2017 this story appeared in the feb 24march 9, 2017 print issue under the headline. We are accusing pope francis of the canonical delict of heresy. Heretic cupich declares sacrament of confession isnt about. Prior to the appointment, he served as archbishop of manila from 2011 to 2020. Author accuses honduran cardinal of betrayal and cover. Heretic cupich declares sacrament of confession isnt. Maradiaga presents the classic neomodernist theme that the church finally rediscovered her true nature at vatican ii and will regain the right path under the inspired. Cardinal maradiagas poisonous fruit the catholic thing. The first attempt was a private letter to the cardinals and eastern catholic patriarchs in 2016 pointing out heresies and other serious errors that appeared to be contained in or favored by pope francis apostolic exhortation amoris laetitia. Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga catholic telegraph.
The first vatican council on the question of a heretical pope there are two major lines of argument used by people who are rabidly antisedevacantist. In an address to the university of dallas in 20, cardinal maradiaga stated that the. What sense does it make, then, for one of the pope s top advisers, cardinal andres rodriguez maradiaga to assert that the scandal of ex cardinal mccarricks. Im sorry for the evil they have done against you vatican news, december 26, 2017. He faces appalling charges of financial corruption. Team bergoglio is a heretical conspiracy to overthrow the church.
A selection of the literary guild, it was published in more than a dozen languages and sold over two million copies. The headline of the dhi posting maintains that the buzzfeed. He was ordained for the salesians on 28 june 1970 and holds a doctorate in theology from the pontifical lateran university, rome, and a diploma in clinical. American cardinal raymond burke was recently dismissed as a disappointed man upset over the loss of his power by fellow cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga of honduras, coordinator of. Cardinal maradiaga discusses cardinal pell, vatican summit. May 19, 2017 cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga, the chairman of the council of cardinals, has launched a startling personal attack on cardinal raymond burke, calling the american prelate a poor man, and. Cupich, as our readers will recall, was chosen by the pope to be in charge of the bishops summit on abuse which was held at the vatican last february, bypassing. Team bergoglio is a heretical conspiracy to overthrow. Historians will look at the men pope francis promoted. Although that adjective is being tossed his way with some frequency these days, there is no evidence that cupich doubts or denies some doctrine that must be believed with divine and catholic faith 1983 cic 751 and so he is not, as far as i can see, a heretic.
The second vatican council was the main event in the church in the 20th century. Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga, the chairman of the council of cardinals, has launched a startling personal attack on cardinal raymond. Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga of tegucigalpa, honduras, talks with archbishop edgar pena parra, substitute secretary for general. On its first publication, the cardinal was an immediate bestseller. Much like pope francis, the cardinal showed throughout the day a remarkable freshness of spirit and thought. Cardinal burke has given a statement to the dignitatis humanae institute with the intent of clarifying certain of the comments that were attributed to him in a recent interview with buzzfeed news as reported by buzzfeed, cardinal burke said the pope had done a lot of harm by not stating openly what his position is. Among other things, according to church militant, the cardinal who was named to this position thanks to the help of cardinal maradiaga on the advice of excardinal mccarrick is already under investigation by law enforcement. His name has appeared on various media short lists and his.
Cardinal maradiaga responds to allegations of corruption. New book sacred betrayal highlights corruption of cardinal. While the coordinator of the popes c9 council of cardinal advisers has dismissed. Although that adjective is being tossed his way with some frequency these days, there is no evidence that cupich doubts or denies some doctrine that must be believed with divine and catholic faith 1983 cic 751 and so he is not, as far as i can see, a heretic but if cupich really has, as reported here, doubled down on his earlier intimations. Maradiagas comments on burke came in a new interview book with his. John allen has a translation of cardinal maradiaga s remarks.
He was the vaticans spokesman with the international monetary fund and the world bank, on the issue of third world debt. Honduran cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga was named by pope francis as head of a council of cardinals to help him govern the church, referred to as his g8. He was ordained for the salesians on 28 june 1970 and holds a doctorate in theology from the pontifical lateran university, rome, and a diploma in clinical psychology and psychotherapy from leopold franz. Pope francis has reportedly declined to accept the resignation of cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga, the chairman of the council of cardinals. Cardinal oscar andres rodriguez maradiaga sdb delivered the leblond lecture march 11 at the athenaeum. Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga on catholic family news. Vice pope or the popes righthand man is how rodriguez maradiaga is usually described in the press. Shortly after the conclave, he was asked by his friend, pope francis, to lead a group of cardinals tasked with reforming. May 02, 2019 appointing those holding heretical ideas to positions of power for instance, the emissary of entropy, cardinal maradiaga and cardinal walter kasper. Go here for a good overview of the allegations made against the cardinal. Friends of fatima and translated into english antonio soccis book. He entered into the salesians of don bosco in 1961 and was ordained a priest in 1970.
If they claim to find some heresy in the words of francis, theyre. Cardinal burke extols saint who condemned heretic bishop. Jan, 2016 the influential cardinal oscar maradiaga has acknowledged the presence of a gay lobby in the vatican. Martha alegria reichman is the widow of the late alejandro vallardes, who served as the honduran ambassador to the holy see for over two decades.
Cardinal rodriguez sat down june 3 with journalists in washington, where he shared his insights on the popes vision for the upcoming synod on the family and what the faithful should expect from it. Oscar rodriguez maradiaga national catholic reporter. It offers a comprehensive rereading of the churchs role in politics, and of the government in economics. Mullers a german, one has to say, and above all hes a german theology professor, so in his mentality theres only. American cardinal raymond burke was recently dismissed as a disappointed man upset over the loss of his power by fellow cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga of honduras, coordinator of pope. Love for the papacy and filial resistance to the pope in the history.
Gregory the great chapel was packed like an easter vigil mass, and not just with seminarians, although they were everywhere in that growing place. American cardinal raymond burke was recently dismissed as a disappointed man upset over the loss of his power by fellow cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga of honduras, coordinator of pope francis s c9 council of cardinal advisers. Cardinal maradiaga makes personal attack on cardinal burke. Maddog maradiaga lays out the next decade of disaster.
Yesterday reuters reported on an interview given to a german newspaper by cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga of tegucigalpa, honduras in which the influential cardinal criticized the prefect of. Pope francis spoke via telephone with cardinal rodriguez in the wake of the allegations against the cardinal, who states that the accusations are an attack by those opposed to the holy fathers curial reform efforts. The cardinal and the bishop have yet to respond to register inquiries about the allegations. May 01, 2019 a prolific author, father nichols has published over 50 books and was the first john paul ii memorial visiting lecturer at the university of oxford from 2006 to 2008, the first lectureship of catholic theology at that university since the reformation. From the crux story cited in my tweet american cardinal raymond burke was recently dismissed as a disappointed man upset over the loss of his power by fellow cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga of honduras, coordinator of pope franciss c9 council of cardinal advisers. I told you they were going to go after the sacrament of confession. We reprint it here in light of a report that cardinal maradiaga had to be. Cardinal maradiaga failed to act on accusations of sexual misbehaviour with seminarians and peculation by jose juan pineda fasquelle, auxiliary bishop of tegucigalpa. Nov 10, 20 vaticanologists are making much of a major speech by one of the eight cardinals the pope has designated as leaders of reform, cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga the speech is ambitious.
Cardinal maradiaga confirmed that there was an apostolic visit to bishop juan jose pineda, auxiliary bishop of tegucigalpa, but he stressed that the bishop himself to asked the holy father for. In an interview given to suyapa tv, a television channel. Cardinal oscar maradiaga, the coordinator of a powerful group of cardinals who advise francis on reform, was accused of drawing 35,000 euros a month from the catholic university of tegucigalpa, honduras a major blow to the popes vision of a church for the poor. May 31, 2017 i was referring, of course, to cardinal mariadiagas very public and even more petty scolding of cardinal burke. I did a little background research and i believe this brave woman is an important voice in world affairs. In principle, it meant an end to the hostilities between the church and modernism, which was condemned in the first vatican council. Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga was once close friends with martha alegria. Heretic is well written and is a story just like any other great story ive read in that i love historical fiction but heretic would fit in any context if done well enough and cornwell has done so. Sep 14, 2016 cardinal oscar andres rodriguez maradiaga, a close collaborator of pope francis, attends the opening mass of the extraordinary synod on the family at st. Pope francis spoke by telephone with cardinal oscar andres rodriguez maradiaga, archbishop of tegucigalpa, after the journalistic accusations addressed to the cardinal regarding the use of large sums of money received from the catholic university of honduras, of which he is chancellor. Pope reportedly declines resignation of cardinal maradiaga. Father aidan nichols signs open letter charging pope francis.
He is the current archbishop of tegucigalpa, president of caritas internationalis and was president of the latin american episcopal conference from 1995 to 1999. Join the conversation send your thoughts and reactions to. Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga is the archbishop of tegucigalpa, honduras. By diane montagna rome, may 7, 2019 lifesitenews the recent open letter to all catholic bishops accusing pope francis of heresy and urging the worlds episcopate to investigate these charges has provoked admiration and opposition among leading catholics and drawn considerable attention in the secular media.
Ive got to give cardinal maradiaga points for attempting to verbally pat. She recently published a book about honduran cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga, the leader of the popes council of cardinaladvisers and a figure increasingly associated with scandal. Still no action taken against honduran bishop accused of. The war against pope francis pope francis the guardian. He was the 32nd archbishop of manila from 2011 to 2020. Jun 08, 2018 the cardinal and the bishop have yet to respond to register inquiries about the allegations. This story appeared in the feb 24march 9, 2017 print issue under the headline. Apr 04, 2014 after all, wasnt it francis right hand man, cardinal maradiaga who said. Maradiaga presents the classic neomodernist theme that the church finally rediscovered her true nature at vatican ii and will regain the right path under the inspired leadership of bergoglio, bearer of the gnosis of renewal. Alegria, what are your reasons for writing this book. Yet in a new afterword to a book by sarah, benedict xvi says the liturgy is in. Cardinal rodriguez on mercy, divorce, homosexuality, the.
Why islam needs a reformation now is the first book i have read by ayaan hirsi ali. Cardinal maradiaga news traditional catholics emerge. In a new interview, he says that pope francis has adopted a. I highly recommend the book and suggest you begin with the archers tale us title and read them all the way through. A draft of the proposed apostolic constitution for reforming and governing the roman curia will soon be sent out to leaders of the worlds bishops conferences, religious orders and some. A pope who commits formal heresy would cease, by that act, to be the pope i hope we wont be witnessing that at any time soon. The cardinal is a classically trained pianist and jazz saxophonist. A friend of mine alerted me to what is being touted by rocco palmo as the programme under the papacy of franciscus coming from his inner circle and frankly, if you dont mind me saying, this speech is a foreboding one to say the least. Why islam needs a reformation now by ayaan hirsi ali. Oscar andres cardinal rodriguez maradiaga catholichierarchy. He is the current president of caritas international and served as president of the latin american episcopal conference celam from 1995 to 1999.
Vitae and promoter of the modernist heresy of the evolution of dogma as well as. Vaticanologists are making much of a major speech by one of the eight cardinals the pope has designated as leaders of reform, cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga the speech is ambitious. Cardinal maradiaga is the coordinator of the council of cardinals. Among those being considered to succeed pope benedict xvi is a notorious antisemite, cardinal andres rodriguez maradiaga of honduras.
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