by INFOVATICANA
Bishop Athanasius Schneider has launched a very harsh criticism against the final report of Study Group No. 9 of the Synod on Synodality, accusing the Vatican of promoting a reinterpretation of Catholic doctrine on homosexuality and opening the door to “total moral relativism”.
In an extensive interview granted to journalist Diane Montagna, the auxiliary bishop of Astana denounced that the document published on May 5 by the Synod’s General Secretariat represents a direct attack against divine Revelation and against the constant teaching of the Church on sexual morality.
“The final report has unequivocally crossed the line between orthodoxy and heresy,” Schneider stated.
The synodal report that has reignited the controversy
The questioned document was prepared by Study Group No. 9, one of the teams created during Pope Francis’s pontificate to analyze doctrinal, pastoral, and ethical issues arising during the Synod on Synodality.
Among its members were Cardinal Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio, Archbishop of Lima; Archbishop Filippo Iannone; and moral theologian Maurizio Chiodi, professor at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute and known for having publicly defended that certain homosexual acts could be considered morally positive in certain circumstances.
The text was received with enthusiasm by ecclesial sectors favorable to a review of homosexual pastoral care. One of the most visible supports came from Jesuit James Martin, who immediately described it as “a great step forward”.
The controversy intensified when it came to light that one of the testimonies included in the report belonged to the man who appeared on the cover of the New York Times alongside his same-sex partner receiving a blessing from James Martin just one day after the publication of Fiducia Supplicans.
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