The recent statement by the Vatican that the Church could not bless gay unions, which should be as controversial as the Church not blessing prostitution or foot fetishes, has caused some German bishops to raise their heads from their beer steins and adopt a defiant tone:
BERLIN, Germany — A leading German Catholic bishop responded to the Vatican’s rejection of blessings for same-sex couples on Monday by saying that there were “no easy answers” to the issue.
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, made the comment March 15 after the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) clarified that the Catholic Church does not have the power to give liturgical blessings of homosexual unions, in a statement approved by Pope Francis.
Bishop Bätzing said that the CDF’s response to a question about the possibility of same-sex blessings reflected “the state of Church teaching as expressed in several Roman documents,” reported CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner.
He continued: “In Germany and in other parts of the worldwide Church, there have been discussions for some time about the way in which this teaching and doctrinal development in general can be advanced with viable arguments — on the basis of fundamental truths of faith and morals, progressive theological reflection, and also in openness to more recent results of the human sciences and the life situations of people today. There are no easy answers to questions of this kind.”
Go here to read the rest. To be fair some German bishops have rejoiced at the Vatican decision, but the fact that bat crazy Batzing is the president of the German bishop’s conference says all we need to know about Teutonic fidelity to the faith. Go here to read more about Batzing. Germany has produced many great saints for the Church, but the history of the Church over the last 500 years would be much happier if Germany had never existed.
“…the Catholic Church does not have the power to give liturgical blessings of homosexual unions…”
My God, it is not about the authority to bless it or not. It is about the Church’s immutable position on sodomy being a mortal sin, and under no circumstances can demonically contrived phrases like, “the development of doctrine”, can alter that command from God.
“There are no easy answers to questions of this kind.”
Everytime I read this and similar statements, I’m puzzled. There is an simple answer, no. There is nothing to discuss, no development, everyone knows the answer. God has made it clear since the time of Abraham and Lot. No. There you have the answer, again.
Bishop BatZing reminds of one who listens to the serpent more than the one who gives Life;
And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
Why does the Bishop want to kill souls? “…..on the basis of fundamental truths of faith and morals, progressive theological reflection,….”
Progressive theological reflection?
Eve.
The first progressive feminist.
This Bishop Batzinger will lead souls to hell.
This vapid piece of crap could have been written by any high school junior.
My great gandfather used to say a German will steal your heart but a Russian will steal your soul. Looks like the Germans are intent on destroying souls.
@JFK,
“No easy answer” is code for “no easy explanation” that people will accept.
Bingo Ben! That is precisely what it means!
If the question was “how can I retain my status as a Catholic bishop without fidelity to the Church”, then there are fewer easy answers than there were a week ago.
It’s not just Germany.
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/santa-fe-archbishop-reaffirms-support-for-lgbtq-community-after-vatican-letter/article_447dc4f4-8675-11eb-988c-cb3d1b45f4b2.html
“Catholicism accepts and honors gay people.” Honors??
“Morality is subjective, he said, and only God and the individual involved really know if an act is a sin.” That last quote is also from the article but it is not clear if it is a paraphrasing of the Archbishop.
“Germany has produced many great saints for the Church, but the history of the Church over the last 500 years would be much happier if Germany had never existed.” PERFECT!!!
But then what we have done without Bach, Beethoven and Mozart?
Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops conference: “There are no easy answers to questions of this kind.”
Yes, Most Reverend __ , there is.
If not in Holy Scripture and Magisterium, The answer can be found in Nature:
– a birth canal is different from a waste trac.
Good point Bob.