John Paul II Academy calls for the dismissal of Cardinal Fernández

 

Victor Manuel "Tucho" Fernández, as Archbishop of La Plata (2018–2023): Transubstantiation with microphone

(Rome) The John Paul II Academy for Life and the Family asks Pope Francis to remove Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández from his position as Prefect of the Roman Dicastery for the Faith.

In a statement, Thomas Ward, president of the academy, expressed his “astonishment” that Cardinal Fernandez accepted the office of Prefect of the Faith “despite the fact that over the past decades he has written scandalous books of an erotic nature that border on pornography and contain passages , which contradict the traditional teaching of the Church, especially his works 'Heal me with your mouth. The Art of Kissing' and 'Mystical Passion. Spirituality and sensuality'.”

Instead of retracting the “shameful passages, Cardinal Fernández simply stated that he would no longer publish them today and that he prohibited their reprinting,” Ward said.

The John Paul II Academy for Life and the Family denounces that “the sensual-mystical literature, to which the cardinal has a particular inclination, is one of the worst evils of our time because, under the pretext of spirituality, it is in reality nothing does other than justify the worst excesses of the current sexual revolution, which is deeply corrupting our society and leading our young people into the abyss.”

The John Paul II Academy recalls that under Pope Pius XI. The Holy Office, as the Dicastery of Faith was then called, published the instruction De sensuali et de sensuali-mystico litterarum genere, which expressly condemned mystical-sensual literature, especially the works of those authors who did not shy away from the playground of a sick sensuality "to embellish with holy things, mixing tactless loves with a certain piety towards God and a religious mysticism which is entirely false'".

“It is regrettable that Catholic laity have to remind the Prefect of the Faith of the admonition of his own predecessor.”

The mentioned instruction from Pius XI. expressly states, says Ward, "that no intention of the author can prevent 'the readers, whose fragility is generally great, as is their inclination to pleasure, owing to the corruption of their nature, from gradually falling into the nets of the lure of these impure pages.' caught'”.

Ward complains: “It is regrettable that almost a century after this instruction, the Catholic laity must remind the prefect of the admonition of his own predecessor.”

For the President of the Academy John Paul II, “these scandalous incidents show that Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández does not have the minimum qualities to fulfill the role of defender of the faith. For this reason, the Academy formally requests the Holy Father to dismiss him and to appoint in his place a competent theologian faithful to the moral teachings of the Church.”

The John Paul II Academy for Life and the Family was founded in 2017 by outstanding Catholic personalities and pro-life activists led by Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI. were appointed members of the Pontifical Academy for Life , but at the end of 2016, although appointed for life, fell victim to a Bergoglian purge 

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Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image : MiL

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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Don Nichola Bux Says Pornmonger Fernández Should Resign --- "He has discredited himself"

 Don Nicola Bux: Religious Prefect Fernández has discredited himself and should resign.

Vaticanist Edward Pentin yesterday published an interview with noted liturgist Don Nicola Bux about the controversial document Fiducia supplicans. In it, the long-time confidant of Pope Benedict XVI. and advisor to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said that the Declaration of the Dicastery for the Faith “is not part of the authentic Magisterium” and that its author, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, should resign. If Fiducia supplicans, as he is convinced, is not part of the authentic Magisterium, then the declaration is not binding.

Don Bux spoke to Pentin about how the document was received in Italy, what he thinks of Fernández's January 4 clarification, and what all this could mean for the future of the Church and the upcoming conclave. The well-known theologian found clear words.

Because of their “proximity to the Apostolic See,” Italy’s bishops behave like “stupid dogs” who fear “reprisals.” Their attempts to justify would be viewed by believers as well as non-practitioners “as an insult to their intelligence.”

There are the faithful who know the teachings of the Church and therefore raise the first dubium ( doubts) presented : Is it possible that the Church today teaches doctrines that contradict those , which 

She previously taught on questions of faith and morals, be it through the Pope ex cathedra, be it through the definitions of an ecumenical council, be it through the general ordinary Magisterium of the bishops scattered all over the world (cf. Lumen Gentium 25)?

“Certainly the declaration Fiducia supplicans does not belong to the authentic magisterium and is therefore not binding, because what is asserted in it is not contained in the written or transmitted Word of God, which the Church, the Pope or the college of bishops either definitively, that is, through solemn judgment, or proposes to believe as divinely revealed with the ordinary and general Magisterium. It cannot be followed even with the religious consent of the will and mind.”

 The problem, says Don Bux, is that “the majority of the baptized are ignorant because for decades social issues have been preferred to catechesis.” This has consequences: “For irregular heterosexual and homosexual couples, the following now applies: love is love.”

But those “who use logic” are of course of a different opinion and oppose this postulate. This is the second dubium of the five cardinals from summer 2022: Is it possible for a priest to bless marriages between homosexual people under certain circumstances and thereby suggest that homosexual behavior as such does not violate the law of God and man's path to God? This doubt is linked to another: does the teaching held by the general Magisterium remain valid that every sexual act outside of marriage, and in particular homosexual acts, constitute an objectively serious sin against the law of God, regardless of the circumstances in which they take place, and regardless of the intention with which they are carried out?

The declaration of Faith Prefect Fernández on January 4 “is therefore a classic attempt to paper over the cracks”.

Benedict said Don Bux, “in his remarks of April 11, 2019," described the origin of the debacle of Catholic morality and thus of the division among Catholics, "because the cohabitation of both a heterosexual and a homosexual couple is no longer considered sinful”

“The division or schism that was previously hidden has now come to the surface. Whether it will be formally declared at a future Church event, such as a synod or conclave, remains to be seen. The next pope will certainly have to do the math and decide whether he wants to deepen the division or resolve it by calling a council. Whoever will be the candidate for the papacy will have to be asked in the meetings before the conclave to answer the accumulated Dubia.”

The resistance to Fiducia supplicans appears primarily in Africa and Eastern Europe and not in the West because “in the Western Hemisphere after the Second Vatican Council, relativistic ideology” penetrated moral teaching and destroyed natural law.

"A Jewish friend who heard about Fiducia supplicans said to me, 'Does the Pope not know the Bible?' Not to mention the mockery of Muslims and the alienation of the Orthodox, who have now declared unity with the Catholics impossible. Fiducia supplicans and the subsequent statements are the result of the ignorance of Prefect Fernández.” 

The teaching is pastoral, “but if the pastor does not know it, he cannot do pastoral work”:

“The drama of the Church today is the separation of pastoral care from doctrine, that is, the separation from the love of truth. And that will cost us dearly, as John Paul II predicted. Pope Francis should abolish the fiducia supplicans and replace the prefect with a man of “certain, sound and pure doctrine,” in the words of the apostle to Titus.

The current situation will therefore have a significant impact on the coming conclave. According to Don Bux, the next pope will have to ask himself the question:

“What is the mission of the church: to adapt to the world or to save it?”

The unity of the Catholic Church is endangered by Fiducia supplicans , said the renowned Liturgist, “because in practice it accepts opposing views among churches scattered all over the world on such an essential moral truth. An example: the new bishop of Foggia said his church would be the 'Church of Francis who blesses all'. But isn’t the Church the Church of Jesus Christ?”

“Fernández has discredited himself by publishing a document that is the opposite of that of his predecessor, Cardinal Ladaria, in 2021. Is this a 'further development' or rather a doctrinal heterogeneity? The Dicastery and the Holy See have exposed themselves. Someone has already renamed the Dicastery 'for the destruction of the faith'. The suspicion of ignorance and bad faith will weigh on Fernandez in every document he signs. He should resign.”

 

Text: Giuseppe Nardi
Image : MiL

Trans: Tancred vekron99@hotmail.com

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