tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post3494303880643399320..comments2024-03-28T16:16:51.062-04:00Comments on Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: "The Synod Market Index. Kasper Down, Caffarra Up"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-63172904924848453912015-03-23T20:09:30.030-04:002015-03-23T20:09:30.030-04:00Great advice, Anon. It's like the shrewd Rich...Great advice, Anon. It's like the shrewd Richard Nixon once observed: it's not the periods of open conflict you have to watch out for, but the periods of quiet ("peace"). That's when issues are being decided behind closed doors.Anon. IInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-90300510612754208422015-03-22T14:11:41.725-04:002015-03-22T14:11:41.725-04:00Kasper has become so closely associated with extre...Kasper has become so closely associated with extreme positions on key family issues that Francis, who clearly embraces those same positions, feels he can best advance them by shunning Kasper and relying on the more obscure henchmen with whom he has packed the upcoming synod to carry on the original tar baby's work. Watch their moves, not Kasper's.<br /><br />When cardinals elect a new pope, they blow smoke. When the Caudillo Pope wants to advance a controversial agenda of doubtful Catholicity, he does the same. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-21953486843409832262015-03-21T19:54:36.430-04:002015-03-21T19:54:36.430-04:00It means more confusion and ambiguity. At this poi...It means more confusion and ambiguity. At this point, to clarify doctrine it would take a clear papal statement EXCLUDING remarrieds and active homosexuals from taking communion. And when is the last time you have read a clear pall statement?JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06684142528414196410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-36356663830952108822015-03-21T12:21:40.549-04:002015-03-21T12:21:40.549-04:00It's all politics, in my opinion. Pressure me...It's all politics, in my opinion. Pressure meets counter-pressure. Two steps forward, one step back, but "Forward! Always Forward!"Charlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-60897105267040997672015-03-21T09:54:56.506-04:002015-03-21T09:54:56.506-04:00So what does this mean? Has Francis changed his m...So what does this mean? Has Francis changed his mind? Was he never really supportive of Kasper's 'theology' after all?<br /><br />Will we ever know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com