From Pat Buchanan:
Normally a synod of Catholic bishops does not provide fireworks rivaling the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Mayor Richard Daley's boys in blue ran up the score on the radicals in Grant Park.
But, on Oct. 13, there emanated from the Synod on the Family in Rome a 12-page report from a committee picked by Pope Francis himself -- and the secondary explosions have not ceased.
The report recognized the "positive aspects of civil unions and cohabitation" and said "homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community." As for Catholics who divorce and remarry without an annulment, we must avoid "any language or behavior that might make them feel discriminated against."
Hailed by gay rights groups, the document stunned traditionalists.
"Undignified. Shameful. Completely Wrong," said Cardinal Gerhard Muller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and guardian of Catholic orthodoxy.
He was echoed by Cardinal Raymond Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. "The document lacks a solid foundation in the Sacred Scriptures and the Magisterium," said Cardinal Burke. "It gives the impression of inventing ... what one Synod Father called 'revolutionary' teaching on marriage and the family."
Cardinal Burke called on the pope for a restatement of Catholic teaching on marriage and morality, saying, "It is long overdue." The pope has relieved Cardinal Burke of his post.
The rest here:
http://radixnews.com/2014/10/21/liberal-pope-courts-popularity-expense-catholic-teachings/I'm not a Catholic but I hope the church can defend itself from what appears to be a divisive leader.
