Father Weinandy: ‘If the German Synodal Way is Not Heading for Schism, It Has Fooled a Lot of People

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Bishop Bätzing, who has previously supported blessings of homosexual unions, said last month that the event was not a “helpful sign.”


VATICAN CITY — A Catholic theologian has said it is “foolish” to deny that the German “Synodal Way” is seeking changes that would be schismatic.

Capuchin Fr. Thomas Weinandy made the comment after Bishop Georg Bätzing, chairman of the German bishops’ conference, insisted that the country’s Catholics were not “schismatics” seeking to “detach ourselves as the German national Church from Rome.”


“Well, if the German Synodal Way is not heading for schism, it has fooled a lot of people,” said Fr. Weinandy, a former member of the Vatican’s International Theological Commission.

“It is obvious that the German Synodal Way is proposing changes in the Church’s teaching that would be schismatic. It cannot be denied, and it is foolish to state otherwise.”

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Father Weinandy: ‘If the German Synodal Way is Not Heading for Schism, It Has Fooled a Lot of People’

 

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It would be deception to state otherwise.

 

[Stabat Mater dolorosa]

I dont get this, he was in favor of uncaste homosexual behavior in the past but no more? Or is he still very much in favor of sodomy, but just reacting to the germans display of disobedience? Kind of like "- its the right dish, but its served wrong" attitude?

Anyways, its indeed a schismatic move by the germans, but I doubt it will be met with any reprecausions. The pope himself has strongly advocated for a laxed attitude towards orthodox moral theology more than once in recent years.