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While Cardinal Tettamanzi is on display in tele-Fazio to promote his social encyclical Ambrosian, the Milanese church proudly shows off his great offensive modernist feel-good ...
CARLO MARIA MARTINI: " do not know if I'm awake or am I dreaming. I know that I am completely in the dark, while a slow lap makes me think that I'm on a boat floating out on the water. He groped to better establish the place where I am emi realize that there is a close American tree, perhaps the mast of the boat. Little by little I get close so I could hold on to it with your hands, to have a little 'security and stability in the increasingly frequent movements of the boat over the waves. In an attempt to meet this something that I feel like a man's hand. Maybe it's another passenger that he is trying to lean mast. I do not know who he is, as I do not know how I found myself in this boat. But the touch of the hand gives me confidence, I push forward so that we can forge and express my solidarity with someone in the darkness that puts chills. I would also groped to say something, but not knowing if my partner understands the Italian boat.
But in the meantime he starts to give me some brief questions, to which I am happy to respond. This is a person who did not know, but I had heard. I was struck by his interest in me at that difficult time, where everyone would want to think only of himself. Dialogue so in the night, in that moment of uncertainty and also hazard could be seen slowly tick off the first light of dawn. I recognized the place where I was: we were the only two in the boat. And using some rowing at the bottom to it, we started to paddle toward the shore, stopping occasionally to enjoy the tranquility of the lake. We said many things during those hours. It clearly came to light during the conversation that we were so different from each other. But we respected as people and we loved as children of God also made in the same boat allowed us to understand and accept, as we were. Among the first things we said there is naturally a bit of self-presentation. So I learned that my partner had none other than eighty-nine years, while I had eighty-two. Don Luigi Verzé (this I learned later to be the name of the man who was traveling with me) had his life like that of one who had lived sixty years of priesthood. (...)"
LUIGI MARIA CABBAGE '" What has changed now the ecclesiastical ethics assessment, the tax imposed at the time of my childhood. On the other hand, since morality is a categorical imperative, people do their own secular ethics and the church is inconsistent with Christian ethics because incondivisa by the devotees themselves. I remember, for example, that in my frequent visits to the favelas of Brazil I met with poor women without a husband with a baby at the breast, arm and another in a string of others that followed, all produced by different husbands. It was inevitable conclusion is that the pill was recommended and provided. Brazil, fully Catholic until the Eighties, is now dotted with churches and cliques semicristiane organized but also on the needs of people change. The Catholic Church is too far from reality, and streams of people, when the pope arrives, they have more or less the value of the carnival and celebrations for the goddess Iemanja, the ancient Venus in all, including the prefect Christian, throw taxes flowers. The Church, rather than living, surviving on the bones of heroic early missionaries. And since we are in terms of moral practice, what it says, Exalted Father, the denial of sacraments to divorced and faithfully? I think that priests should be soon removed the obligation of celibacy, because I fear that for many celibacy is a fiction. And it would be more advantageous to happen on the consecration of bishops by acclamation of the people of God today is so alien to the facts of the Church? Perhaps you are not yet ripe for this, but you do not believe that the themes for which you should think about praying to the Spirit? "
CARLO MARIA MARTINI: " Today there are quite a few requirements and rules not always capita by the layman. For this reason, the Church seems a bit 'too far from reality. Unfortunately I agree that the streams of people who go to religious events do not always live with depth. Should prepare, and we need to follow up after reflection within the parish or group. I do not think, however, we can say that in countries such as Brazil, the Church lives not only survives but the bones of the first heroic missionaries. The Church lives on even simple people, humble, who does his duty, he loves, who can understand and forgive. This is the richness of our community. Many laymen and even many of these countries lay close to us are serious and committed. You ask me what I think of the denial of sacraments to divorced and faithfully. I know, no, welcomed the kindness with which the Holy Father has lifted the excommunication of the four bishops Lefebvre. But I think with so many others, that there are many people in the Church who are suffering because they feel marginalized and that we should also think about them. And I mean, in particular, for divorced and remarried. Not at all, why should we not encourage the lightness and superficiality, but to promote loyalty and perseverance.
But there are some who today are not guilty and was irreversible. They even took the new duties to his children by his second marriage, while there is no reason to go back, and indeed would not be wise to this behavior. I believe that the Church should find solutions for these people. I have often said, and repeat the priests, that they are trained to build the new man in the Gospel. But in reality must then concern himself with broken bones and put in place to rescue the survivors. I'm glad that the Church in some cases showing kindness and gentleness, but I think it should be to all people who truly deserve it. They are, however, problems can not solve a simple priest nor a bishop. I must put the whole Church to reflect on these cases and, led by the Pope, you'll find a way out. After that she faces a very important issue, saying that priests should be removed the obligation of celibacy. It is a delicate matter. I believe that celibacy is a great value, which will always remain in the Church: Gospel is a great sign. Even so, it is necessary to impose it at all, and already in the Eastern Catholic Churches are not required to all priests. I see that some bishops are proposing to give the ministerial priesthood to married men who already have some experience and maturity (viri probati). It would not, however, should be in charge of a parish, in order to avoid a further increase of clericalism. It seems to me more appropriate to make these related to the parish priests as a group that works in rotation. It is in any case a serious problem.
And I believe that when the Church will address the very difficult years ahead. There will be those who say that it agreed only to get celibacy for the priesthood. On the other hand, I am sure there will always be many who choose the path of celibacy. Why young people are idealistic and generous. Also there are some particularly difficult situations in the world, particularly in some continents. But I think I hit the bishops of those countries to present these situations and find solutions. She also wonders whether it would be more advantageous that the consecration of bishops to happen on people's acclamation of God's election of bishops has always been a difficult problem in the Church. In situations old in which the people participate more, there were many quarrels and divisions. Today was perhaps too far in high places. I remember one cardinal canon lawyer intervened in a meeting that was not fair to say that the Holy See did two trials for the same person: one should be made on the spot and the second from Nunzio. As regards the participation of the people, there are some dioceses in Switzerland and Germany that they do, but it is difficult to say that things are definitely better. In conclusion, this is a very complex reality. But the current way of electing the bishops must be improved. These are issues on which you should think a lot, and talk even more. Synods something emerged, but then it was never thorough. The problem, however, exists and must be able to make a public discussion about it . "
" We are all in the same boat (Editrice San Raffaele ).... Says title of the book ... Someone please explain if it is that of Peter.
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Two like Cardinal Martini, and Don Verzé seems made to meet. We only hope that when you wake up from this dream, are not waiting for Luther with croissant and cappuccino.
Every man for himself.
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