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Showing posts with label Cardinal Meisner funeral message. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Guest Post: Cardinal Meisner, Pope Benedict and the Leaky Bark of Peter

Benedict XVI: The Bark of Peter is Sinking

By David Martin

The Church continues to lament the passing of Cardinal Meisner of Cologne, who was an outspoken opponent of Amoris Laetita which breaks with tradition by allowing divorced and civilly remarried people to receive Communion. Surprisingly, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sent a letter of tribute to be read at Meisner's funeral on July 15. In the letter he says: