As usual, LifeSite
has the goods here.
...The German cardinal clarified the meaning of the term “synodality.”
As he explained, it is used in two different ways — namely, as
synodality among bishops in leading the Church on the one hand and as
synodality among all members of the Church on the other. Müller
questioned whether these two meanings “can be derived from the same
principle.”
“Membership of the college of bishops gives rise to a shared
responsibility among all bishops for ensuring that the whole Church
remains true to the teachings of the apostles, for unity of faith, unity
in the sacraments and the visible communion of all faithful and bishops
with and under the Pope,” according to Müller.
In distinction to that type of synodality, “the shared responsibility
of all religious and laity is not derived from participation in the
apostolic ministry of the Pope and the bishops, but from their
participation in the priesthood of Christ and thus in the prophetic
mission and diaconal task of the Church in martyria (witness), leiturgia
(worship) and diakonia (service).”...
And here comes the body-slam:
...“Instead of intellectually and spiritually facing the great theological
and anthropological challenges of the dechristianisation process, many
are peddling the new edition of the 1970s agenda — for example,
abolition of priestly celibacy, access of women to the priesthood,
interfaith communion with persisting separation in faith, recognition of
sexual union outside marriage — and wanting to modernise the Church.”...
".....the de-Christianization process" indeed. If you want to see that in print, merely subscribe to
America Mag-a-Rag, or
US Catholic.
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