Jan, 2016 the influential cardinal oscar maradiaga has acknowledged the presence of a gay lobby in the vatican. Only the gospel is revolutionary now, another initiativetaker of the same direction came to the public with cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga, archbishop of tegucigalpa in honduras, and declared himself papabile. Cardinal maradiaga says, in effect, since the world cares, the transgressions matters. He faces appalling charges of financial corruption. The council of cardinals c9, also known as the council of cardinal advisers, is a group of cardinals of the catholic church appointed by pope francis to serve as his advisers. In lewis weinsteins able hands, the history of jewish culture trying to survive the antisemitic acts of that era survive. The first attempt was a private letter to the cardinals and eastern catholic patriarchs in 2016 pointing out heresies and other serious errors that appeared to be contained in or favored by pope francis apostolic exhortation amoris laetitia. Cardinal maradiaga discusses cardinal pell, vatican summit. Recent remarks by cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga have been making some waves, and for good reasoneven though there isnt much good or reasonable about them. Nov 10, 20 vaticanologists are making much of a major speech by one of the eight cardinals the pope has designated as leaders of reform, cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga the speech is ambitious. The cardinal and the bishop have yet to respond to register inquiries about the allegations. Stubborn voices wanted to know if cardinal maradiaga had recommended himself recommended for the roman post.
Oscar rodriguez maradiaga news newspapers books scholar jstor march 20 learn how and when to remove. Im sorry for the evil they have done against you vatican news, december 26, 2017. Maradiaga might as well have a sign hanging around his neck saying im a bad guy. The pope wants to take this church renovation to the point where it becomes irreversible. It offers a comprehensive rereading of the churchs role in politics, and of the government in economics. Oscar andres cardinal rodriguez maradiaga catholichierarchy. But since it doesnt care much, the transgression doesnt matter much. As the coordinator of pope francis novel council of cardinals, the. Eugenio fizzotti was a student of the famous austrian psychiatrist viktor frankl. Jan 01, 2000 the heretic is a wonderfully written novel about the spanish inquisition and the impact it had on the jewish population in the 15th century. Cardinal burke extols saint who condemned heretic bishop.
May 19, 2017 cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga, the chairman of the council of cardinals, has launched a startling personal attack on cardinal raymond burke, calling the american prelate a poor man, and. Cardinal maradiaga continues his espousal of socialism. The book is also a very personal tale of the authors great friendship with pope francis. In principle, it meant an end to the hostilities between the church and modernism, which was condemned in the first vatican council. The book is also a very personal tale of the authors great friendship with pope. Honorius was posthumously condemned as a heretic and anathematized by the third council of constantinople.
Yet in a new afterword to a book by sarah, benedict xvi says the liturgy is in. Maradiagas comments on burke came in a new interview book with his. Dec 28, 2015 chicago archbishop blase cupich is not a heretic. According to cardinal maradiaga, praedicate evangelium can give. The letter, dated easter week, follows on similar letters and petitions over the last several years questioning the popes theological orthodoxy, particularly after the publication of his 2016 postsynodal apostolic exhortation on marriage and the family bearing the latin title amoris laetitia the joy of love since it offers little new material, the present letter would be. The wind that propels the sails of the church towards the. The pope has never said openly what his position is on the matter and people conjecture that because of the fact that he asked cardinal kasper who was well known to have these views for many, many years to speak to the cardinals and has permitted cardinal kasper to publish his presentation in five different languages and. Go here for a good overview of the allegations made against the cardinal. Cardinal maradiaga challenges cdf chief archbishop mueller. Why did bergoglio leave the auxiliary bishop of maradiaga. Catholic clergy, scholars accuse pope francis of heresy. Maradiaga s comments on burke came in a new interview book with his fellow salesian, father antonio carriero, titled solo il vangelo e rivoluzionario only the gospel is revolutionary.
The tone of the book is calm and factual, yet urgent and unflinching in the face of unpleasant truth. Vaticanologists are making much of a major speech by one of the eight cardinals the pope has designated as leaders of reform, cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga the speech is ambitious. Openminded, smart, and courageous, maradiaga speaks freely, unafraid to. Author accuses honduran cardinal of betrayal and cover. New book sacred betrayal highlights corruption of cardinal. Mullers a german, one has to say, and above all hes a german theology professor, so in his mentality theres only.
Why this man is the popes handpicked coordinator of the c8, god only knows. Why islam needs a reformation now is the first book i have read by ayaan hirsi ali. In an address to the university of dallas in 20, cardinal maradiaga stated that the. Pope francis spoke by telephone with cardinal oscar andres rodriguez maradiaga, archbishop of tegucigalpa, after the journalistic accusations addressed to the cardinal regarding the use of large sums of money received from the catholic university of honduras, of which he is chancellor. The honduran cardinal has long been a tremendously important figure in franciss pontificate, serving as chief of his council of cardinals. The only difference between them is that pf knows full well that if he spoke his atrocities from the throne of peter he would be denounced as a manifest heretic. Honduran cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga was named by pope francis as head of a council of cardinals to help him govern the church, referred to as his g8. Lespresso reported that cardinal maradiaga may have been involved in mismanaging church funds and may also have accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from the catholic university of tegucigalpa. Cardinal rodriguez sat down june 3 with journalists in washington, where he shared his insights on the popes vision for the upcoming synod on the family and what the faithful should expect from it. Ive written quite a bit about the harm that cardinal maradiaga is inflicting upon the church. New vatican document to put evangelisation ahead of doctrine the.
The precise meaning of this biblical phrase is uncertain. Ive got to give cardinal maradiaga points for attempting to verbally pat. If they claim to find some heresy in the words of francis, theyre making a big mistake. In only the gospel is revolutionary, cardinal maradiaga provides a unique, insider view of the popes efforts, which has generated high hopes from catholic leadership around the world, as well as opposition from within the vatican itself. Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga tells doctrinal watchdog archbishop gerhard mueller to loosen up edit on 2212014 by. The council currently has six members, following the decision by pope francis to. In an interview given to suyapa tv, a television channel. She also provides details of the cardinal s support for bishop juan jose pineda, who has been accused of sexual abuse of seminarians, living in. The group notes the second attempt was the widely reported filial correction addressed directly to the holy father in 2017. Gregory the great chapel was packed like an easter vigil mass, and not just with seminarians, although they were everywhere in that growing place. Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga catholic telegraph.
From the crux story cited in my tweet american cardinal raymond burke was recently dismissed as a disappointed man upset over the loss of his power by fellow cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga of honduras, coordinator of pope franciss c9 council of cardinal advisers. New book by vatileaks journalist alleges vatican inaction. May 31, 2017 i was referring, of course, to cardinal mariadiagas very public and even more petty scolding of cardinal burke. Author accuses maradiaga of betrayal and coverup in new book. Cardinal angelo amato, the current prefect of the congregation of saints is to be replaced because of his age of 78 years by the current substitutes of the cardinal state secretariat, curia archbishop angelo becciu. Vice pope or the popes righthand man is how rodriguez maradiaga is usually described in the press. Last year, i debated father robert sirico, founder of the acton institute. Also contacted for the article were the offices of cardinal maradiaga, the archbishop of tegucigalpa, the honduran bishops conference and each of the countrys bishops. Pope francis spoke via telephone with cardinal rodriguez in the wake of the allegations against the cardinal, who states that the accusations are an attack by those opposed to the holy fathers curial reform efforts. And since cardinal maradiaga is also the chairman of the council of cardinals, offering pope francis advice on how to restructure the vatican, its not irrelevant to ask how he handles problems in his own bailiwick. Her book, so far only in spanish, chronicles how the cardinal, who is coordinator of the council of cardinals advising the holy father on church reform, advised her to make a bad financial investment that caused her to lose her life savings.
These accusations were the subject of an apostolic visit carried out by bishop alcides jorge pedro casaretto, who presented a report to pope francis in may 2017. Maradiaga s speech in dallas and the related megachurchy maelstrom in miami is a litany of howlers and im not the only one that knows it. Among those being considered to succeed pope benedict xvi is a notorious antisemite, cardinal andres rodriguez maradiaga of honduras. Sirico suggested that while i might be a heretic on other grounds, my economic views may be wrong.
Cardinal oscar maradiaga, the coordinator of a powerful group of cardinals who advise francis on reform, was accused of drawing 35,000 euros a month from the catholic university of tegucigalpa, honduras a major blow to the popes vision of a church for the poor. Francis was right about burke all along aka catholic. Cardinal rodriguez on mercy, divorce, homosexuality, the. Open letter to the bishops of the catholic church rkdocumenten. The second vatican council was the main event in the church in the 20th century. Dec 22, 2017 cardinal maradiaga confirmed that there was an apostolic visit to bishop juan jose pineda, auxiliary bishop of tegucigalpa, but he stressed that the bishop himself to asked the holy father for.
Cardinal maradiaga makes personal attack on cardinal burke. Jun 08, 2018 the cardinal and the bishop have yet to respond to register inquiries about the allegations. Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga was once close friends with martha alegria reichmann, author of the spanishlanguage traiciones sagradas sacred betrayal. While the coordinator of the popes c9 council of cardinal advisers has dismissed. After all, wasnt it francis right hand man, cardinal maradiaga who said. If they claim to find some heresy in the words of francis, theyre. Coming out of the catholic clerical closet the american. American cardinal raymond burke was recently dismissed as a disappointed man upset over the loss of his power by fellow cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga of honduras, coordinator of.
Much like pope francis, the cardinal showed throughout the day a remarkable freshness of spirit and thought. Author accuses maradiaga of betrayal and coverup in. Cardinal maradiaga responds to allegations of corruption. He defended the textbook and refused to have it altered or removed. In july, maradiaga s righthand man, auxiliary bishop juan jose pineda fasquelle, was forced to resign because of sexual abuse and a double. Dec 07, 2018 the second case, which concerns the archdiocese of cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga in honduras, continues to be a major problem. Cardinal maradiagas poisonous fruit the catholic thing. Feb 17, 2017 this story appeared in the feb 24march 9, 2017 print issue under the headline. A pope who commits formal heresy would cease, by that act, to be the pope news by claire chretien french kids return to postcovid19 schools that are run more like. Is a false catholicprotestant church forming in america. He is the current archbishop of tegucigalpa, president of caritas internationalis and was president of the latin american episcopal conference celam from 1995 to 1999.
You might remember cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga of honduras. Love for the papacy and filial resistance to the pope in the history. Cardinal maradiaga, along with pf, is a puppet of satan. Vice pope accused of protecting corrupt gay bishop. Cardinal maradiaga continues his espousal of socialism ive written quite a bit about the harm that cardinal maradiaga is inflicting upon the church. Jan 21, 2015 the cardinal is a classically trained pianist and jazz saxophonist.
Nov 14, 20 if maradiaga is right, then the hermeneutic of continuity is bunkum, which not even the pope, apparently, wants to say. Cardinal maradiaga failed to act on accusations of sexual misbehaviour with seminarians and peculation by jose juan pineda fasquelle, auxiliary bishop of tegucigalpa. Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga, the chairman of the council of cardinals, has launched a startling personal attack on cardinal raymond burke, calling the american prelate a poor man, and. Father aidan nichols signs open letter charging pope. Cardinal maradiaga, top adviser to pope, embroiled in.
Cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga a conversation with fr. Cupich, as our readers will recall, was chosen by the pope to be in charge of the bishops summit on abuse. Apr 05, 2015 following the events of the arab spring, ayaan hirsi ali writes in her latest book, heretic, she came to the conclusion that ordinary muslims are ready for change. Back in 2002, he said that jews were partly responsible for the bad press the catholic church in the us was getting over priests. Maradiaga s book only the gospel is revolutionary maradiaga. Cardinal oscar andres rodriguez maradiaga is the archbishop of tegucigalpa. Among other things, according to church militant, the cardinal who was named to this position thanks to the help of cardinal maradiaga on the advice of excardinal mccarrick is already under investigation by law enforcement. Prior to the appointment, he served as archbishop of manila from 2011 to 2020. Maddog maradiaga lays out the next decade of disaster. On fiveyear anniversary, a lexicon to understand pope.
In a new interview, he says that pope francis has adopted a gradual approach to address. We are accusing pope francis of the canonical delict of heresy. Cardinal oscar andres rodriguez maradiaga sdb delivered the leblond lecture march 11 at the athenaeum. Join the conversation send your thoughts and reactions to. Maradiaga tells the story of his vocation and the great challenges he faces as a cardinal. Sep 14, 2016 cardinal oscar andres rodriguez maradiaga, a close collaborator of pope francis, attends the opening mass of the extraordinary synod on the family at st. Moreover, maradiaga has been an extremely public voice on behalf of the pope and his agenda. Oscar cardinal maradiaga, archbishop of tegucigalpa, has recently been accused of serious financial improprieties. Thomas of hooktons pursuit of the holy grail begins to feel drawn out and repetitive, as the young archer himself acknowledges at one point. She recently published a book about honduran cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga, the leader of the popes council of cardinal advisers and a figure increasingly associated with scandal. My friend, your attempting to accuse pope francis, the vicar of christ, of heresy alongside cardinal burke. Hereticthe final book in bernard cornwells grail quest trilogyis a bit of a letdown.
The war against pope francis pope francis the guardian. New book by vatileaks journalist alleges vatican inaction on sexual abuse. John allen has a translation of cardinal maradiaga s remarks. Like mccarrick, cardinal maradiaga is very close to the papal line. Cardinal maradiaga is likewise a fan of pope paul vis disastrous document populorum progressio, which, in its misreading of the causes and cure for third world poverty, along with its endorsement of the kinds of stateled development aid that were in fashion at the time, unambiguously increased the amount of avoidable suffering in the world. Cardinal maradiaga presents books on auschwitz survivor. From the crux story cited in my tweet american cardinal raymond burke was recently dismissed as a disappointed man upset over the loss of his power by fellow cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga of honduras, coordinator of pope franciss c9 council of cardinal. Still no action taken against honduran bishop accused of. Although that adjective is being tossed his way with some frequency these days, there is no evidence that cupich doubts or denies some doctrine that must be believed with divine and catholic faith 1983 cic 751 and so he is not, as far as i can see, a heretic. Now consider that he is the head of the gang of eight prelates that are serving as top. Cardinal maradiaga insults four cardinals, deflects, plays. Cardinal extols saint who condemned heretic bishop. I did a little background research and i believe this brave woman is an important voice in world affairs.
His name has appeared on various media short lists and his. Cardinal maradiaga apparently considers pf dubiously elected over a sitting pope still with us as the magisterium. Shortly after the conclave, he was asked by his friend, pope francis, to lead a group of cardinals tasked with reforming. The cardinal is a classically trained pianist and jazz saxophonist.
I was referring, of course, to cardinal mariadiagas very public and even more petty scolding of cardinal burke. Martha alegria reichmann, whose late husband, alejandro valladares, was the honduran ambassador to the holy see for 22 years, explains in the book, sacred betrayal, how they were once close friends of cardinal oscar rodriguez maradiaga, the longtime archbishop of tegucigalpa. Announced on april 20, one month after his election, it was formally established on 28 september of the same year. We reprint it here in light of a report that cardinal maradiaga had to be. Why islam needs a reformation now by ayaan hirsi ali.
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