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...in Letter to US Bishops on Eucharistic Coherence
“The bishops should affirm ... that ‘those who are directly involved in lawmaking bodies have a grave and clear obligation to oppose any law that attacks human life,’” the prefect of the CDF wrote.
The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) wrote Friday to the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding admission to Communion, affirming the centrality of the congregation’s 2002 note on Catholic’s participation in politics and the importance of safeguarding the rights of ordinaries in their local Churches.
A 2004 memo from Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, then the prefect of the same congregation, should “be discussed only within the context of the authoritative Doctrinal Note,” read the May 7 letter by Cardinal Luis Ladaria to Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, which was obtained by CNA.
Archbishop Gomez had written the congregation in March to inform the Vatican entity that the U.S. bishops will be addressing the situation of Catholics in public office who support permissive legislation regarding abortion, euthanasia or other moral evils.
Cardinal Ladaria opened his reply by emphasizing that the 2004 letter from Cardinal Ratzinger to then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick about the same problem “was in the form of a private communication to the bishops” and that, “insofar, therefore, as these principles are not published by the Conference, they may be of assistance in the preparation of the draft of your document.”
Continued below.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Highlights Doctrinal Note on Catholics in Politics in Letter to US Bishops on Eucharistic Coherence
“The bishops should affirm ... that ‘those who are directly involved in lawmaking bodies have a grave and clear obligation to oppose any law that attacks human life,’” the prefect of the CDF wrote.
The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) wrote Friday to the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding admission to Communion, affirming the centrality of the congregation’s 2002 note on Catholic’s participation in politics and the importance of safeguarding the rights of ordinaries in their local Churches.
A 2004 memo from Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, then the prefect of the same congregation, should “be discussed only within the context of the authoritative Doctrinal Note,” read the May 7 letter by Cardinal Luis Ladaria to Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, which was obtained by CNA.
Archbishop Gomez had written the congregation in March to inform the Vatican entity that the U.S. bishops will be addressing the situation of Catholics in public office who support permissive legislation regarding abortion, euthanasia or other moral evils.
Cardinal Ladaria opened his reply by emphasizing that the 2004 letter from Cardinal Ratzinger to then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick about the same problem “was in the form of a private communication to the bishops” and that, “insofar, therefore, as these principles are not published by the Conference, they may be of assistance in the preparation of the draft of your document.”
Continued below.
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Highlights Doctrinal Note on Catholics in Politics in Letter to US Bishops on Eucharistic Coherence
