Cardinal Pietro Parolin expressed opposition to the German bishops’ decision to offer blessings for same-sex unions. So far, so good. But the reasons that the Vatican Secretary of State gave for that opposition are troubling. He and others in the Vatican seem to be ignoring what liberal Cardinal Walter Kasper has called the Germans’ “attempted coup.”
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The Vatican’s irresolute response to the threat of German schism
Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture
Thursday, March 16, 2023